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Fort Worth Court of Appeals Reverses Insured’s Judgment in Lightning Strike Case
In one of the stranger cases we’ve seen in a while (which is saying a lot), the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has reversed a nearly $200,000 judgment against an...
SCOTX Reverses Amarillo Court of Appeals, Finds Chapter 74 Expert Reports Sufficient
Reversing the Amarillo Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that plaintiffs in a Chapter 74 health care liability case produced sufficient expert...
TCJL Files Brief in Dram Shop Case
On Monday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in an important case out of the Dallas Court of Appeals, Raoger Corporation v. Barrie Myers (No. 23-0662). The case...
Special Court of Review Exonerates Harris County District Judge With 30 Mandamus Petitions for Failing to Rule on Motions
A special court of review consisting of three court of appeals justices who were defeated in the recent election has exonerated as Harris County district judge whom...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Rules That Trial Courts Have No Inherent Authority to Award Post-Arbitration Attorney’s Fees
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court has no inherent authority to award post-arbitration attorney's fees to a claimant seeking to confirm...
SCOTX Holds That Homeowners Established Jurisdiction in Case Involving Irrigation District Effort to Collect Two-Decade-Old Assessments
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Corpus Christi Court of Appeals decision upholding a trial court order dismissing homeowners' suit against an irrigation...
SCOTX Mandamuses Trial Court Over Denial of Defendants’ Motion to Withdraw and Amend Requests for Admissions
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed the Dallas Court of Appeals’ denial of defendants’ petition for writ of mandamus in a case in which the trial court refused to...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Multimillion Contract Damages Award
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a multimillion dollar trial court judgment in a case involving an aborted sale of a Houston specialty grocery store. World...
Legislation Filed to Overhaul Judicial Conduct Commission
Last session, the Legislature considered several proposals aimed at reforming the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, but nothing ultimately came of it. That could...
Here We Go Again (and Again): SCOTX Stays Dallas Trial Court Order Compelling Deposition of Insurer’s Corporate Representative Before Liability Established under UM/UIM Policy
For the eleventh time in the last year, the Texas Supreme Court has granted an emergency stay while it considers an insurer’s petition for writ of mandamus in an...
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SCOTX Stays Yet Another UIM Case from Dallas Court of Appeals, this Time on a Sanctions Order
For the twelfth time in the last year, the Texas Supreme Court has granted an emergency stay while it considers an insurer’s petition for writ of mandamus in an underinsured motorist case. This is the second mandamus petition in this case. The first (No. 24-0172;...
SCOTX Grants Review in Case in which Trial Court Struck Non-Subscriber’s Designation of RPTs in Employee’s Negligence Suit
In a case we reported on early last spring, the Texas Supreme Court has granted review in a case in which the trial court struck a non-subscriber’s designation of responsible third parties in a negligence lawsuit brought by the non-subscriber’s employee. The Court...
SCOTX Grants Review in $10 Billion Nuisance Case Against Electric Utilities
The Texas Supreme Court will review a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals decision allowing a mass $10 billion nuisance suit against electric transmission and distribution utilities to proceed in a Harris County multidistrict litigation court. In November TCJL filed...
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Ralph Wayne 1932-2024
OBITUARY Ralph E. Wayne December 14, 1932 – December 19, 2024 To the great sadness of those who knew and loved him, Ralph E. Wayne passed away on December 19, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Ralph achieved remarkable milestones during a life that touched many bases and people....
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