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Fort Worth Court of Appeals Rules for BNSF in Coverage Dispute Arising from Montana Asbestos Litigation
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of BNSF in a coverage and duty to defend dispute with Zurich arising from policies in effect from 1965 to 1974. Zurich American Insurance Company, As Successor By Merger to Maryland Casualty Company v. The...
HEARINGS ALERT! Bills Set for Hearing
Bills of interest to TCJL members set for hearing next week. NUCLEAR VERDICTS Senate State Affairs 9:00, Monday, March 24, 2025 Senate Chamber Hearing Notice Video Link Please attend the hearing or send a representative to sign a card FOR SB 30 by Schwertner | et...
TCJL Tracking Report 3-28-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 3.27.25 March 27, 2025 This list is current through 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2025. SB 30 (medical/non-economic damages) will be heard in Monday, March 31, and and SB 1135 (trucking) the following day. TCJL PRIORITY BILLS New...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Mandamuses Hidalgo County Trial Court in Venue Dispute
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has conditionally granted an energy services company’s petition for writ of mandamus ordering a Hidalgo County trial court to transfer venue in an employment dispute from Hidalgo to Tarrant County. In re Baseline Energy Services,...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Mandamuses MDL Court to Dismiss Investor Entities from TPC Plant Explosion Case
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has in all likelihood closed the door on MDL plaintiffs’ attempts to hold various investor entities liable for a chemical plant explosion. In re First Reserve Management, L.P., First Reserve Corporation, L.L.C., FR XII Alpha AIV, L.P.,...
SCOTX Reverses Reverses Houston [1st] Court of Appeals in Regulatory Takings Case
The Texas Supreme Court has cleared the way for a property owner to pursue a regulatory takings claim against the City of Houston for blocking a residential development on Lake Houston. The Commons of Lake Houston, Ltd. v. City of Houston, Texas (No. 23-0474; March...
Plenty of Room for Negotiations Between House, Senate Versions of Business Court Expansion
Bills have now been introduced on both sides of the Capitol expanding the jurisdictional reach of the business courts and, most importantly for the judges, fixing an oversight in last session’s legislation that left those judges without the supplemental...
HEARINGS ALERT! Set for Monday Morning
Several bills of particular interest to TCJL members are set for hearing today. Please consider attending the hearings or sending a representative to sign cards. Senate State Affairs 9:00, Monday, March 24, 2025 Senate Chamber Hearing Notice Video Link Please...
TCJL Tracking Report 3-21-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List March 21, 2025 New bills are in red. This list is current through 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2025. TCJL PRIORITY BILLS New Causes of Action Tort Liability Construction Law Freedom to Contract Health Care Liability Judicial...
Senate Links Judicial Pay Raise to Judicial Conduct Commission Reforms, Performance Standards
Throwing down something of a gauntlet, the Texas Senate passed legislation linking a much-needed and overdue judicial pay raise to a package of disciplinary reforms, including a requirement that judges produce quarterly timesheets detailing the amount of work they...
New Causes of Action Tracker – 89th Lege 2025
Texas legislators have filed hundreds of new causes of action and penalties against business through March 21, 2025. Brief bill summaries are available on our weekly tracking report at https://tcjl.com/tcjl-tracking-report-4-17-25/ New Cause of Action Tracker March...
Recently Elected Dallas Court of Appeals Justice Calls Out Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Claims
In a concurring opinion in a TCPA case (which will be separately reported), Justice Mike Lee, a newly-minted justice of the new-look Dallas Court of Appeals, has expressed his frustration with the “routine attempted use” of intentional infliction of emotional...