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Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Judgment Against Grocery Store for Third-Party Criminal Assault on Customers
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against a grocery store claim in a case in which a third-party attacked a patron in the store. Fiesta Mart,...
Split San Antonio Court of Appeals Upholds $500,000 Mental Anguish Award for Alleged Mishandling of Cremains
In a 2-1 decision, the San Antonio Court of Appeals has upheld a $500,000 mental anguish damage award in a case involving a cemetery’s alleged mishandling of the...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Dismisses HCLC Against Multiple Defendants for Incurable Deficiency in Expert Report
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals has thrown out a health care liability against several providers because Plaintiff’s expert report was so deficient as to constitute...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Dismissal of Mass Claim by Homeowners Against Developer of Subdivision in The Woodlands
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting summary judgment to a developer and engineering company in a suit brought by hundreds of...
Business Court Hands Purchaser of Bulk Bleach Another Win
The Business Court has once again granted summary judgment in favor of a purchaser of bulk-bleach from a Greenville manufacturer. FSTI, Inc. v. PVS Minibulk, Inc.,...
SCOTX Rules That Arbitration and Indemnity Provisions in Trampoline Park Release Apply to Non-Signatory Third-Party Beneficiaries
The Texas Supreme Court has partially reversed a Houston [14th] Court of Appeal decision holding that arbitration and indemnity provisions in a release signed by a...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses TC Denial of Employer’s Special Appearance in Personal Injury Case Involving Employee
The Dallas Court of Appeals has dismissed a lawsuit against an out-of-state employer whose remote employee in Texas was involved in an accident when off work for the...
Business Court Grants MSJ, Dismisses LLC Member’s Individual Claims Against Affiliated Real Estate Companies in Dispute Over Acquisition of Country Club
Michael D. Crain, Individually and Derivatively on Behalf of Northern Crain Realty, LLC, Northern Crain Property Management, LLC, and Northern Crain, LLC v. William...
Declining Public Confidence in the Judicial Process Should Concern Us All
As we reported last week, TCJL filed an amicus brief in a case raising serious concerns about the integrity of the civil justice system. Our brief, though, has much...
Business Court Dismisses Shareholder Derivative Suit, Rejects Application of Delaware Standing Law
In an important decision with particular relevance to Delaware corporate entities that have recently reincorporated in Texas, the Business Court has ruled that Texas...
Florida Cutting Auto Insurance Premiums by Live Insurance News
Florida’s top five auto insurance groups — Progressive, GEICO, State Farm, Allstate, and USAA — hold about 81 percent of the Florida auto market combined. The state says their indicated rate change for 2026 is a combined negative 12.6 percent. Commissioner Yaworsky...
Corpus Christi/Edinburg Court of Appeals Denies Rehearing, Issues Supplemental Opinion in Major Royalty Dispute
The Corpus Christi/Edinburg Court of Appeals has denied the parties’ motions for rehearing in a case in which the court reversed a sizable judgment against an oil and gas producer. But the court issued a supplemental opinion “to fully address issues raised by the...
15th Court of Appeals Grants Mandamus, Strikes Environmental Activist Group from TCEQ Enforcement Action
The 15th Court of Appeals has granted a petition for writ of mandamus in a case in which an out-of-state environmental advocacy organization intervened in a state enforcement action against chemical manufacturers permitted by the TCEQ. TCJL filed an amicus brief in...
TCJL Planning to File Amicus Brief in Case In Which Jury Awarded $2.8 Million For Injury With $225 in Medicals
The San Antonio Court of Appeals is preparing to hear a barbecue restaurant chain’s appeal of a Bexar County jury’s award of nearly $2.8 million in noneconomic and punitive damages for a minor injury that occurred when Plaintiff spilled two ounces of barbecue sauce in...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Judgment Against Grocery Store for Third-Party Criminal Assault on Customers
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against a grocery store claim in a case in which a third-party attacked a patron in the store. Fiesta Mart, L.L.C. d/b/a Fiesta v. Jose Guadalupe Fuentes Rodriguez and Maria Gonzalez (No. 05-24-00382-CV; October 13,...
Split San Antonio Court of Appeals Upholds $500,000 Mental Anguish Award for Alleged Mishandling of Cremains
In a 2-1 decision, the San Antonio Court of Appeals has upheld a $500,000 mental anguish damage award in a case involving a cemetery’s alleged mishandling of the cremains of a family member. MP II, Inc. v. Kollars (No. 04-25-00453-CV; September 30, 2026) arose from a...
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