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San Antonio Court of Appeals Reduces $4 Million Judgment in Breach of Contract Case to $1 Million, Remands $1.8 Million Attorney’s Fee Award
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has substantially reduced a multi-million judgment in a breach of contract case involving modification of a private aircraft. Gulf...
TCJL Files Brief in Long-Arm Jurisdiction Case Involving Austrian Manufacturer
Yesterday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief with the Texas Supreme Court in support of an Austrian aircraft-engine manufacturer’s petition for review. The case,...
SCOTX Grants Review of Multi-Million Judgment Against Pipeline Company
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a pipeline company’s petition for review of a Houston [1st] Court of Appeals split decision affirming a $6.1 million judgment...
Register Today! TCJL 38th Annual Meeting & CLE on November 7, 2024
TCJL 38th Annual Meeting 2024 Thursday, November 7, 2024 Headliners Club 221 West 6th Street Austin 9:00-11:00 CLE AI Legal And Ethical Pitfalls: What You Need...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Reverses Class Certification Order
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order certifying a class action against a manufacturer of electronic valves for water filtration...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Chapter 74 Malpractice Claim
Patricia Martin v. Methodist Health Centers d/b/a Houston Methodist Willowbrook and Diego C. Marines Copado, M.D. (No.14-23-00418-CV; filed July 16, 2024) arose from...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Attorney’s Fees Award under UDJA Despite Dismissing the Case Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine
Manohar Singh Mann, Narinder Singh Nagra and Bhupinder Singh v. Sikh National Center, Inc. (No. 14-23-00272-CV; filed August 1, 2024) arose from a dispute between...
Following SCOTX, Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Holds That Type A Economic Corporations Do Not Have Governmental Immunity
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has ruled that Type A economic development corporations, although their liability is limited by statute, are not entitled to...
SCOTX Grants Emergency Stay in Motion for New Trial Case Where Trial Court Set Aside a Final Judgment Based on Rule 11 Settlement Agreement
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay pending consideration of a petition for writ of mandamus in a divorce case in which a trial court granted a...
SCOTX Denies Mandamus in Case Pitting Powerhouse Appellate Firms
In a case pitting appellate firms who are frequent flyers at the Texas Supreme Court, the Court has denied several defendants’ petition for writ of mandamus that...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Enforces Rule 11 Agreement That Modified a Prior Arbitration Agreement
Rotary Drillrigs International, S.A. DE C.V. v. Control Flow, Inc. (No. 14-23-00648-CV; August 13, 2024) arose from a contract dispute. Rotary Drillrigs sued Control Flow for negligence and breach of contract, alleging that it had not received more than $1.6 million...
SCOTX Holds Plaintiff Does Not Waive Right to Challenge Trial Court Order Striking Claims by Filing Amended Pleading
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Texarkana Court of Appeals decision holding that a plaintiff waived claims stricken by the trial court because her amended pleading omitted them. In the Estate of Billy Wayne Phillips, Deceased (No. 24-0366; November 1, 2024)...
Transmission and Distribution Utilities Seek Mandamus from SCOTX in Winter Storm Uri Cases
The saga of the Winter Storm Uri litigation has once again come before the Texas Supreme Court, as the last defendants left standing in the case—the investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs)—have petitioned the Court for a writ of mandamus ordering...
SCOTX Grants Review of Case Involving Fatal Shooting at Dallas Home Depot
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a Dallas Court of Appeals decision in a case stemming from a fatal shooting at a Dallas-area Home Depot in 2018. The facts of Chad Seward, Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., and Point 2 Point Global Security, Inc. v. Rogelio...
San Antonio Court of Appeals Reduces $4 Million Judgment in Breach of Contract Case to $1 Million, Remands $1.8 Million Attorney’s Fee Award
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has substantially reduced a multi-million judgment in a breach of contract case involving modification of a private aircraft. Gulf View Private Investment, Inc. f/k/a Whitesell International, Inc., Neil Whitesell, Vincent Constantino,...
TCJL Files Brief in Long-Arm Jurisdiction Case Involving Austrian Manufacturer
Yesterday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief with the Texas Supreme Court in support of an Austrian aircraft-engine manufacturer’s petition for review. The case, BRP-Rotax GMBH & Co. KG v. Sheema Shaik and Touseef Siddiqui (No. 23-0756), arose from the crash of...
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