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Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Upholds Arbitration Clause in Home Purchase Agreement Against Waiver Claim
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying a homebuilder’s plea of abatement and motion to compel arbitration, despite a...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Rejects Res Ipsa Theory in Suit Against Airline
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant airline where plaintiff pleaded negligence per se...
SCOTX Holds That City Cannot Delegate Veto Power Over Changes in City Ordinance to Retirement Fund Board
The Texas Supreme Court has held that a city cannot delegate authority to a third-party to veto changes in a city ordinance. The City of Dallas v. The Employees’...
SCOTX Reverses San Antonio Court of Appeals Decision in Wrongful Death Case Against Railroad and Private Landowner
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a San Antonio Court of Appeals decision and reinstated a trial court order granting summary judgment in favor of the railroad...
SCOTX Hears Oral Arguments in Discovery Dispute Involving Health Care Liability Claim
The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this morning in In re Khurso Rashid, M.D. (No. 23-0414) a petition for writ of mandamus arising from a Chapter 74,...
SCOTX Grants Emergency Stay in Non-Subscriber Case Where Employer Invokes Chapter 33 Proportionate Responsibility
The Texas Supreme Court has issued an emergency stay in a case in which the trial court struck a non-subscriber’s designation of responsible third parties in a...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Product Liability Suit for Failure to Serve a Compliant Certificate of Merit
Logical Systems, Inc. d/b/a Logical Systems, LLC v. Edgar Berrios, Individually and As Next Friend of CA.B., Cesar Berrios, and Estela A Quintos Lopez (No....
SCOTX Denies Review in Controversial Chapter 74 Expert Report Case
The Texas Supreme Court has denied review in a Chapter 74 health care liability case that split the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals right down the middle. Elizar...
Divided Dallas Court of Appeals Holds (Incredibly) That a Tornado is Not a Windstorm
In an opinion that borders on the bizarre, a split Dallas Court of Appeals panel has held that a homeowners insurance policy with a special deductible for damage...
Divided Austin Court of Appeals Reverses TC Summary Judgment Severing Plaintiff’s Vicarious Liability Claim Against Driver’s Employer in Trucking Case
Over a vigorous dissent, the Austin Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order granting summary judgment and severing Plaintiff’s vicarious liability claim...
Austin Court of Appeals Finds No Jurisdiction in Former District Judge’s Appeal from Special Court of Review
The Austin Court of Appeals has dismissed a former Nueces County district judge’s appeal from an order of a special court of review affirming the State Commission on Judicial Conduct’s decision to sanction the judge. In re Inquiry Concerning Honorable Guy Williams...
Dallas Court of Appeals Upholds Limitations Defense in Toxic Mold Case
Marisa Laserna v. BW Ventana LLC and South Oxford Management LLC (No. 05-21-01191; February 16, 2024) involved a personal injury claim arising from alleged exposure to toxic mold. She rented an apartment from landlord in July 2019 and began feeling ill. On June 1,...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Orders Winter Storm Uri MDL Judge to Dismiss Some Plaintiff Claims in Bellwether Suits Against Transmission and Distribution Utilities
In another chapter of the ongoing litigation triggered by the effects of Winter Storm Uri, the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has partially granted the utilities’ petition for writ of mandamus to order the MDL pretrial judge to grant their Rule 91a motions to...
El Paso Court of Appeals Holds That Limitations Bars Health Care Liability Suit Against Texas Tech
The El Paso Court of Appeals has thrown out a medical malpractice case against Texas Tech Health Science Center in El Paso based on limitations despite plaintiff's claim that SCOTX's emergency COVID-19 order allowed the trial court to extend the deadline. Texas Tech...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment in Workers’ Compensation Exclusive Remedy Case
The Dallas Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court order granting summary judgment in favor of an employer based on the exclusive remedy of workers’ compensation. Santa Trevino and Cesar Trevino v. Jalapeno Tree Operating, LLC (No. 05-23-00086-CV; February 21, 2024)...
Citing Lyle Lovett, Amarillo Court of Appeals Affirms TC Grant of Special Appearances to Canadian Entities
In an entertaining and somewhat offbeat opinion citing no less an authority on Texas than Lyle Lovett, the Amarillo Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting special appearances by two Canadian parties in a dispute with a Texas business. ER Software...
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