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Tyler Court of Appeals Affirms $450,000 Judgment Against Grocery Chain in Slip-and-Fall Case
The Tyler Court of Appeals has upheld a $450,000 judgment against an East Texas grocery store chain because it did not preserve for appeal the issue of Plaintiff’s...
SCOTX Rules That Statutory Affirmative Defense for Highway Contractors Does Not Require Contractual Privity with TxDOT
In a case we first reported last April, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals holding that § 97.002, CPRC, which protects a road...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment for Insurer in Homeowner’s Policy Dispute
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has affirmed a summary judgment in favor of an insurer in a homeowner’s policy dispute, including an award of appellate...
Join Governor Abbott Honoring Supreme Court and 15th Court Incumbent Candidates – TCJL PAC
Please join Special Guest Governor Greg Abbott For a Reception Honoring Texas Supreme Court and 15th Court of Appeals Incumbent Candidates January 8, 2026 Event...
El Paso Court of Appeals Affirms TC Order Denying Arbitration Where Defendants Substantially Invoked Litigation Process
The El Paso Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court order denying a defense motion to compel arbitration in a dispute over a noncompete clause because the...
Houston [14th] Court Renders Take-Nothing Judgments Against Both Plaintiff and Defendant in Fraudulent Lien Case
In an outcome we can’t remember having seen, at least in a long time, the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has reversed the trial and rendered take-nothing judgments...
Divided 15th Court of Appeals Upholds SOAH Dismissal of Property Tax Appeal Involving Classification of Industrial Property
The 15th Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court order granting SOAH’s and a SOAH ALJ’s plea to the jurisdiction in a case in which a taxpayer asked SOAH to...
San Antonio Court of Appeals Reverses TC Ruling That a Deed Reservation of “All Coal” Excluded Lignite
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has overturned a trial court ruling that a 1931 deed conveying an undivided 1/12 interest in an express reservation of “all Coal” in...
15th Court of Appeals Upholds Validity of TDI Rule Regarding TWIA Assessment of Excess Losses
The Fifteenth Court of Appeals has denied ASI Lloyds Insurance Company’s appeal in a dispute concerning the computation of excess-loss payments for damages caused by...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms TC Denial of TCPA Motion to Dismiss in Employer-Employee Dispute
The Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order denying an employer’s TCPA motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by its former employee....
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Upholds Trial Court’s Application of TRCP 39 (Mandatory Joinder) to Dismiss Royalty Suit
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court judgment dismissing a royalty owner lawsuit against several producers because the owners didn’t comply with the court’s order to join all interest owners under Rule 39, TRCP. Norman Ross Becken, et al. v....
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court for Denying Insurer’s Rule 91a Motion
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has mandamused a trial court for denying an insurer’s Rule 91 motion where the insurer timely paid the appraisal award in full. In re American Risk Insurance Company, Inc. (No. 01-25-00575-CV; November 25, 2025) arose from a dispute...
Business Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Claim of Membership in an LLC, Dismisses Claims for Declaratory Relief, Accounting, Breach of Fiduciary Duties, Fraud
Esteban Quintero and ATS Concrete Services, Inc. v. Urban Infrastruction LLC and Anup Tamrakar (No. 25-BC01A-0022’ 2026 Tex. Bus. 3; January 26, 2026) arose from Quintero’s request that the Business Court reconsider a previous order granting Defendants’s motion for...
El Paso Court of Appeals Affirms TC Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration Based on FAA Exemption of Transportation Workers
The El Paso Court of Appeals has applied an exemption to the Federal Arbitration Act for transportation workers actively engaged in interstate commerce. In LKQ Automotive d/b/a Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc. and Jesus Duron v. Adan Robert Romo (No....
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Again Affirms Denial of TCPA Motion to Dismiss
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has affirmed the trial court’s ruling that the TCPA did not apply to Defendant Hutchison’s counterclaim for breach of fiduciary duties. Jeff Carlson and Daniel Calderon v. Hutchison, Incorporated, Farm & Ranch Holdings, LLC, and...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Denial of TCPA Motion to Dismiss in Dispute Between Investor and Investment Fund
Hatteras Evergreen Private Equity Fund, LLC, and Hatteras Investment Partners LP v. Longboard Capital, LLC (No. 14-24-00938-CV; November 20, 2025) arose from a business deal gone terribly awry. Longboat invested $1,250,000 in Hatteras’s investment fund and purchased...
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