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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....
El Paso Court of Appeals Reverses TC Order Granting Special Appearance of California Defendant Who Asserted Fiduciary Shield Doctrine
In a dispute over a failed, ‘eleventh hour’ real estate financing arrangement, the El Paso Court of Appeals has reversed the trial court’s order granting Defendant’s...
15th Court of Appeals Foils Venue-Shopping in Medicaid Fraud Qui Tam Case Against Pharmaceutical Company
The 15th Court of Appeals has conditionally granted a writ of mandamus requested by pharmaceutical company in qui tam action under the Texas Health Care Program...
Austin Court of Appeals Affirms TC Order Dismissing Case Against Director of Texas Military Forces Museum
The Austin Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court ruling that dismissed the director of the Texas Military Forces Museum from a lawsuit over a gift of WWI...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Largely Affirms TC Summary Judgment for Insurer in Homeowner’s Insurance Dispute
In a home insurance policy dispute stemming from a 2020 plant explosion, the 14th Court of Appeals has affirmed a Harris County Civil Court at Law’s summary judgment...
Business Court Rejects Claim for Specific Performance in Failed Real Estate Deal
The Business Court [11th Division] has rejected a purported real estate purchaser’s claim of entitlement to specific performance after the sale fell through at the...
SCOTX Grants Mandamus, Dismisses Shareholder Suit Against Trust Advisor, and Enforces Forum-Selection Clause Requiring Shareholder Derivative Suits to Be Brought in Maryland
The Texas Supreme Court has thrown out a lawsuit filed in Dallas County by shareholders of a Maryland-based real estate investment trust against the trust’s...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses TC Order Vacating $36 Million Arbitration Award
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order vacating a $36 million arbitration award in a separation dispute between a corporate director and...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Reverses TRO in Breach-of-Contract Dispute Over Payment for Crude Oil Deliveries
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a trial court's grant of a TRO freezing the transfer of an energy marketing assets pending determination...
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...
In Concurring Opinion, Justice Young Identifies Misprision of 1915 Precedent Cited by Court of Appeals to Reverse TC Order Granting Rule 91a Motion to Dismiss
In a case in which the Texas Supreme Court denied review, Justice Young has issued a concurring opinion identifying an issue that could trouble the trial and appellate courts in years to come: whether and under what circumstances a trial court should consider the...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses TC Dismissal of Hospitals’ Reimbursement Claims Against Health Insurer
The 5th Court of Appeals reversed a trial court order dismissing with prejudice breach of claims of several hospitals’ claims against an insurer on the basis that the claims were barred by the Insurance Code. Dallas Medical Center, LLC (d/b/a Dallas Medical Center),...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Upholds Summary Judgment for Insurer in UIM Case
In a case transferred from the Fort Worth Court of Appeals, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting summary judgment on behalf of the insurer in a UIM coverage dispute. Debora Hughey and Larry Hughey v. Liberty County Mutual...
Austin Court of Appeals: Abortion Funds Have Standing to Challenge SB 8, TCPA Inapplicable, Clearing Way for SCOTX Consideration
On remand from the Texas Supreme Court, the Austin Court of Appeals has held that patients, physicians, and abortion funds have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the Texas Heartbeat Act, SB 8. The court further affirmed the MDL pretrial court’s order...
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