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TCJL Tracking Report 6-5-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 6-5-25 QUICK HIGHLIGHTS Sunday, June 22: last day the governor can sign or veto bills. Offense bills supported Life of the Mother Pregnancy...
San Antonio Court of Appeals Reverses TC Order Denying Chapter 74 Motion to Dismiss Derivative Claims Pleaded After Expiration of Expert Report Deadline
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has reversed a Bexar County district court denial of health care providers’ Chapter 74 motion to dismiss for failure to timely serve...
Austin Court of Appeals Splits in Breach of Contract Case Raising Questions Regarding Contract Interpretation, Appellate Procedure
A divided Austin Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment in a breach of contract case that the dissent argues raises significant contract interpretation and...
89th Legislature Jumps the Shark on New Causes of Action, Penalties
When we last reported on this subject right after the March 21 filing deadline, we were staggered by the sheer number of bills creating new or expanded legal duties,...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Reverses $1.5 Million Judgment Against Manufacturer
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed a significant judgment against a manufacturer in a personal injury case against the manufacturer’s subsidiary....
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses $37 Million Judgment in Contract Dispute Involving Transportation and Delivery of Oil to Port of Corpus Christi
In a case that combines the interplay of related transportation and terminal agreements executed in the days leading up to the COVID shutdown and consequent...
Dallas Business Court [First District] Finds Jurisdiction in Dispute Over Gas Gathering Contract Involving New Mexico Interests
Continuing our tour of early business court opinions, we turn to a dispute before the Dallas business court [First Division] between a midstream pipeline and...
Legislature Sends Low-THC Product Ban to Governor (SB 3)
In what may be the largest single expansion of criminal law into people’s private lives in our state’s history, Texas is about to embark on a project to eradicate...
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...
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...
Believe in the Rule of Law? Then Prove It by Supporting Texas Supreme Court, 15th Court of Appeals, and Intermediate Appellate Justices in Their Campaigns
We don’t usually do this sort of thing on this site, but the matter is too serious to pigeonhole somewhere else. If you looked at some of our posts during the legislative session and since then, you have seen us trying like hell to raise the alarm about the erosion of...
SCOTX Affirms Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Decision Compelling Arbitration in Personal Injury Suit Against Trampoline Park
The Texas Supreme Court affirmed a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals decision that reversed a trial court order denying a trampoline park’s motion to compel arbitration in a personal injury action. As we originally reported last March, Abigail Dalila Cerna A/N/F of R.W....
The Texas Supreme Court Rules that 2003 Interlocutory Appeal Authority for Venue Determinations in Multiple-Plaintiff Cases Does Not Automatically Grant Appellate Jurisdiction
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Dallas Court of Appeals decision (and eleven other court of appeals to go with it) that a 2003 amendment to the venue statutes granted interlocutory appellate jurisdiction over whether each plaintiff in a multi-plaintiff case...
15th Court of Appeals Files Revised Opinion in TCEQ Permitting Case (Worth Reading!)
The 15th Court of Appeals has withdrawn an opinion handed down in February in a TCEQ permitting case involving a terminal facility in Calhoun County. The court, however, reached the same conclusion, reversing a Travis County district court’s decision remanding the...
TCJL Tracking Report 6-5-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 6-5-25 QUICK HIGHLIGHTS Sunday, June 22: last day the governor can sign or veto bills. Offense bills supported Life of the Mother Pregnancy Complications SB 31 Sent to the Governor 5-27-25 Proxy Advisor SB 2337 Sent to the Governor 6-2-25...
San Antonio Court of Appeals Reverses TC Order Denying Chapter 74 Motion to Dismiss Derivative Claims Pleaded After Expiration of Expert Report Deadline
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has reversed a Bexar County district court denial of health care providers’ Chapter 74 motion to dismiss for failure to timely serve an expert report. Tontiplaphol v. Urdiales, (No. 04-24-00433-CV; April 30, 2025) arose from the death...
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