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Dallas Business Court Dismisses Fraud Claim Against Healthcare Lab and Diagnostic Company Based on Limitations
Applying the discovery rule, the Dallas [First Division] Business Court has held that an investment fund brought a fraudulent concealment claim against a healthcare...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Reverses $15 Million Judgment Against CenterPoint in Third-Party Liability Case
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed a $15 million judgment against CenterPoint Energy in a premises liability case. CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric,...
Houston Business Court Rules in Dispute Over Terms of Natural Gas Purchase and Sale Agreement Arising from Winter Storm Uri
The Houston [11th Division] Business Court has determined that a pipeline term added by the seller of natural gas to a form purchase-and-sale contract was binding on...
Eastland Court of Appeals Takes Two Permissive Appeals, Affirms Two Summary Judgments in Dispute Over Assignment of Mineral Interests
The 11th Court of Appeals has affirmed two partial summary judgements granted by a Midland trial court in a mineral interest dispute that generated two permissive...
SCOTX Grants Review of Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Reversal of Defense Summary Judgment in Slip-and-Fall Case
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a Corpus Christi Court of Appeals decision reversing a Bexar County trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of...
Divided 15th Court of Appeals Affirms TC Dismissal of Oncor Suit Seeking Review of PUC’s Order in Rate Case
A divided 15th Court of Appeals has dismissed a utility’s petition for judicial review of a PUC rate order on the basis that the utility didn’t file a second motion...
SCOTX Set to Review San Antonio Court of Appeals Decision Applying Easement by Estoppel Rule in Power Line Case
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a San Antonio Court of Appeals decision affirming a trial court judgment recognizing an electric co-op’s easement by...
El Paso Court of Appeals Reverses TC for Failing to Comply with SCOTX Mandamus Ruling
The El Paso Court of Appeals has admonished an El Paso district court for failing to comply with a mandamus order issued by the Texas Supreme Court. Rudolph...
SCOTX Sets Oral Argument on Aircraft Manufacturer’s Mandamus Petition in Wrongful Death Case
The Texas Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument in In re Bell Helicopter Services, Inc. and Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (No. 24-0883) on December 3. This case...
Dallas (1st Division) Business Court Grants Special Appearances of 20 Defendants in Massive Fraud Case
The Dallas (1st Division) Business Court has granted special appearances of two-thirds of the defendants in a massive fraud case originally filed in Dallas County...
15th Court of Appeals Affirms TC Dismissal of Insured’s Suit Against TRS, Blue Cross Based on Sovereign Immunity
Regina Carson v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Inc., et al. (No. 15-24-00108-CV; December 18, 2025) arose from a dispute between a public school teacher and Blue Cross, the administrator of her health insurance provided by her ISD under the TRS ActiveCare Plan....
Business Court Denies Defendants’ Motion to Remove for Untimeliness
Sun Metals Group, LLC v. Shuangcheng Yu, Mengling Sun, Sunmetals Products of America, LLC, and Sunmetals Products de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (No. 25-BC01A-0050; 2025 Tex. Bus. 48; December 5, 2025) involved a plaintiff’s motion to remand and request for sanctions....
Business Court Grants Motion to Remove Case to Business Court Based on HB 40’s Lower Amount-in-Controversy Threshold
The Business Court denied the motion to remand filed by Plaintiff OWL AssetCo1, who challenged the jurisdiction of this Court after House Bill 40’s implementation. The Court concluded that the removal of this case was proper under Subsection 25A.006(f) of the Texas...
Eastland Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment for Producer in Royalty Dispute
The Eastland Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment in favor of the producer in a royalty dispute with a family group of property owners in Midland County. Evans Resources, L.P.; Evans I, Ltd.; Evans I Development, Ltd.; Michael Scott Evans and Rose Elaine Evans...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Reverses TC Denial of Maritime Transportation Company’s Special Appearance in Personal Injury Case
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has dismissed a plaintiff’s personal injury claims against a maritime transportation company for lack of personal jurisdiction. Odyssea Phoenix, LLC v. Howard Wilcox-Carleton (No. 14-24-00622-CV; November 4, 2025) arose when Howard...
Austin Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court Ruling Directing Claimant to Pay Attorney’s Fees Out of Workers’ Compensation Recovery
The Austin Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court order requiring the employee in a workers’ compensation case to pay his lawyer’s fees out his recovery of certain supplemental income benefits. Law Offices of Miller & Bicklein, PC and Daniel Miramontes v. Ace...
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