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SCOTX Grants Review in Nuclear Verdict Commercial Trucking Case
Today the Texas Supreme Court granted review in Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Shiraz A. Ali v. Jennifer Blake, Individually and As Next Friend for Nathan Blake, and...
TCJL Files Amicus Brief in $100 Million Commercial Trucking Case
TCJL has added its voice to a growing list of amici asking the Texas Supreme Court to review a commercial trucking case in which a Harris County jury reached a...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Rule 91a Dismissal of Suit Against Physician
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a trial court order dismissing Plaintiff’s claims against a physician and awarding the physician attorney’s...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Grants Mandamus Compelling Trial Court to Allow Health Care Providers Affirmative Defense Under the Pandemic Liability Protection Act
In a pair of parallel cases, the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has granted a health care provider’s petition for writ of mandamus, reversing a Washington County...
Dallas Court of Appeals Rejects Restaurant’s Insurance Claim Based on COVID-19 Pandemic
Joining a long list of federal courts and courts in other states, the Dallas Court of Appeals has held that the COVID-19 virus did not cause a “direct physical loss...
SCOTX Accepts Certified Question from Fifth Circuit in Negligent Undertaking Case Against Property Owner
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to review another certified question from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals concerning a landowner’s responsibility to...
Austin Court of Appeals Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Workers’ Compensation Act
The Austin Court of Appeals has rejected an injured worker’s constitutional challenge to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. Normal Engel v. Texas Department of...
SCOTX Accepts Certified Question from 5th Circuit on Pre-emptive Effect of State Human Rights Act on Common-Law Tort Claims
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to consider a U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals certified question arising from an employee’s lawsuit against SMU University and...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment for Insurer in Hailstorm Case
The Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order rejecting homeowners’ contractual and extracontractual claims against an insurer who properly paid the...
SCOTX To Review Chapter 74 Expert Report Decision from Fort Worth Court of Appeals
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a Fort Worth Court of Appeals decision dismissing a health care liability claim against an Arlington hospital based on...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reinstates Jury Verdict in Favor of Trinity Industries in Breach of Contract Dispute
In a multi-million dollar suit stemming from a concrete manufacturer’s refusal to reimburse its lessor for corrosive damage to lessor’s railcars, the Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed the lower court’s conclusion that the statute of limitations barred lessor’s...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Dismisses Private Investor Groups from Port Neches Plant Explosition MDL
In a follow-up decision to a 2023 Texas Supreme Court decision declining to grant mandamus compelling a multidistrict litigation court to dismiss them from the case, two private investor groups have prevailed at the Beaumont Court of Appeals. TPC Group Litigation (No....
Beaumont Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court Denial of TCPA Motion to Dismiss and Accompanying Attorney’s Fees Award
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order dismissing an attorney ad litem’s declaratory judgment action arising from a guardianship proceeding. Laurel Smith v. 2005 Tower LLC (N o. 09-22-00350-CV; August 1, 2024) stemmed from two separate...
Divided El Paso Court of Appeals Holds That Chapter 74 Applies to Negligent Autopsy Claim
A divided El Paso Court of Appeals has held that Chapter 74, CPRC, applies to a parent’s claim that a hospital negligently performed an autopsy on their deceased newborn. Tenet Hospitals Limited, a Texas Limited Partnership d/b/a The Hospitals of Providence Memorial...
SCOTX Grants Review in Nuclear Verdict Commercial Trucking Case
Today the Texas Supreme Court granted review in Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Shiraz A. Ali v. Jennifer Blake, Individually and As Next Friend for Nathan Blake, and as Heir of the Estate of Zachery Blake, Deceased; and Eldridge Moak, in his Capacity as Guardian of the...
TCJL Files Amicus Brief in $100 Million Commercial Trucking Case
TCJL has added its voice to a growing list of amici asking the Texas Supreme Court to review a commercial trucking case in which a Harris County jury reached a nuclear verdict against the employer. TCJL joins sister organizations Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Texas...
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