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House Approves Judicial Conduct Commission Restructuring (SJR 27), Substantial Judicial Compensation Increase (SB 293)
Yesterday the House overwhelmingly approved SJR 27, which makes several important reforms to the membership and authority of the Judicial Conduct Commission and...
SCOTX Reverses Fort Worth Court of Appeals’ Decision Dismissing a Chapter 74 Health Care Liability Claim for Inadequate Expert Report
By a 7-2 vote, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Fort Worth Court of Appeals decision dismissing a Chapter 74 claim against a hospital based on an inadequate...
SCOTX Reverses Multi-Million Judgment Against Midstream Pipeline Company in Breach of Natural Gas Transportation Agreement
In a case we first reported last fall, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Houston [1st] Court of Appeals split decision affirming a $6.1 million judgment against...
TCJL Bill Tracking Report 5-22-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 5.22.25 May 22, 2025 QUICK HIGHLIGHTS TCJL Priority and Major Supported Bills • Life of the Mother/Pregnancy Complications: SB 31 passed the...
Tyler Court of Appeals Rules That Plaintiff Had No Standing to Bring Health Care Liability Claim
The Tyler Court of Appeals has affirmed an Anderson County district court order dismissing a health care liability claim for lack of standing. Margie Pearl Davis v....
Stop Proxy Advisor Conflicts – Support SB 2337/HB 4079
Stop Conflicts of Interest by Proxy Advisors April 15, 2025 About 70-80 percent of the outstanding shares of U.S. publicly traded companies are owned by...
AI Legislation Heads for Senate Floor (HB 149)
Legislation regulating the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry (not to mention anybody who deploys an AI system for use in the world) has advanced from the...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Upholds Sanctions Order Against Prominent GOP Attorney
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has upheld a Montgomery County district court order sanctioning former Harris County GOP Chair and unsuccessful House candidate Jared...
SCOTX’s Recent Decision on UM/UIM Cases Bearing Fruit
In the first case we’ve seen since SCOTX decided In re State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. (No. 24-0172; April 25, 2025), the Dallas Court of Appeals has given a Dallas...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses $1.8 Million Judgment Against Oil Well-Servicing Company
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a $1.8 judgment against a well-servicing company arising from injuries to another contractor’s employee during a test of the...
TCJL Bill Tracking Report 5-30-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 5.29.25 May 29, 2025 Quick Highlights Offense bills supported Life of the Mother Pregnancy Complications SB 31 Sent to the Governor Proxy Advisor SB 2337 Conference Committee Reported, on way to Governor Produced Water HB 49 Produced Water...
SCOTX Reverses Houston [14th] Court of Appeals in Hurricane Harvey Flooding Case
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a puzzling Houston [14th] Court of Appeals decision upholding a multi-million dollar judgment in a Hurricane Harvey flooding case in which Plaintiffs’ expert declined to opine that the design of Defendant’s manufacturing facility...
SCOTX Decision on Nonprofit Health Organization Liability for Employee Physician Negligence Steers a Middle Course
In a case in which the Texas Medical Association and Texas Hospital Association have took opposing positions, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a nonprofit health organization may not be held vicarously liable for the torts of individual employee physician....
SCOTX Mandamuses Trial Court to Mexican Bus Wreck Case on Forum Non Conveniens Grounds
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed the Dallas Court of Appeals and granted mandamus ordering a trial court to dismiss a wrongful-death case against Greyhound arising from an accident that occurred in central Mexico. In re Greyhound Lines, Inc. (No. 23-1035; May 23,...
House Approves Judicial Conduct Commission Restructuring (SJR 27), Substantial Judicial Compensation Increase (SB 293)
Yesterday the House overwhelmingly approved SJR 27, which makes several important reforms to the membership and authority of the Judicial Conduct Commission and Texas Supreme Court. SJR 27 now returns to the Senate, which will consider whether to concur in the House...
SCOTX Reverses Fort Worth Court of Appeals’ Decision Dismissing a Chapter 74 Health Care Liability Claim for Inadequate Expert Report
By a 7-2 vote, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Fort Worth Court of Appeals decision dismissing a Chapter 74 claim against a hospital based on an inadequate expert report. As we first reported last June, Jared Bush, Jr. v. Colombia Medical Center of Arlington...
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