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SCOTX Rules That Tort Claims Act Waives Governmental Immunity for Negligence Per Se Claims
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the Texas Tort Claims Act’s waiver of governmental immunity for “negligence” includes a claim for injuries caused by...
TCJL Files Brief in Premises Liability Case Expanding Liability of Owners/General Contractors
In a case from the San Antonio Court of Appeals with significant negative consequences for property owners and general contractors, TCJL has filed an amicus brief...
Divided SCOTX Reverses Sanctions Against Texas Attorney for Disciplinary Violations
Over a pair of dissents, the Texas Supreme Court has overturned a Commission for Lawyer Discipline proceeding against a Texas lawyer for misconduct that occurred in...
Business Court [Eleventh Division] Transfers Venue in Action Involving Damage to Oil and Gas Wells
The Houston-based business court [Eleventh Division] has transferred venue of a declaratory judgment action to Loving County because the essence of the action...
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...
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...
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...
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The 15th Court of Appeals has withdrawn an opinion handed down in February in a TCEQ permitting case involving a terminal facility in Calhoun County.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,...
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...
Houston Business Court Considers Standard of Proof for Separate Attorney’s Eyes Only Designation in Protective Orders
The Houston-area business court [Eleventh Division] has issued an opinion setting out how to apply a balancing test to the question of (1) whether a protective order should have a separate “Attorney’s Eyes Only” designation, and (2) if so, whether the AEO information...
SCOTX Rules That District Court, Not Workers’ Comp Division, Determines Whether Alleged Injury is Work-Related if Employee Didn’t File Claim Raising the Issue
Affirming the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court has held that district courts, rather than the Workers’ Compensation Division, have subject-matter jurisdiction over a determination of whether an injury is work-related for purposes of workers’...
SCOTX to Review San Antonio Court of Appeals Decision Holding That Running, Jogging, and Walking Are Not Recreational
In a decision reminiscent of the Dallas Court of Appeals’ pronouncement that a tornado is not a windstorm, the Texas Supreme Court has granted the City of San Antonio’s petition for review of a San Antonio Court of Appeals decision that (mind-bogglingly) held that a...
SCOTX Splits 5-4 in Case Stemming from Service Dog Attack on Child
In a case we reported last October, the Texas Supreme Court has affirmed a Houston [1st] Court of Appeals determination that a claim against the physician based on the physician's letter regarding the suitability of a pit bull as a service animal was not a health care...
Senate Version of Federal Tax Bill Imposes Tax on TPLF Proceeds
Whatever one thinks about the policy of allowing huge hedge funds, some of which are foreign-owned, monetize our court system through third-party litigation funding (and we don’t think much of it), the United States Senate Finance Committee version of the federal tax...
Sponsor the TCJL 39th Annual Meeting & CLE on November 5, 2025
TCJL 39th Annual Meeting & CLE on November 5, 2025 Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Headliners Club 221 West 6th Street Austin 9:00-11:00 CLE Growing Pains: Reviewing the First Year of the 15th Court of Appeals and Business...
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