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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...
SCOTX Accepts Review of Dallas Court of Appeals Decision Affirming Default Judgment Against Residential Landlord
The Texas Supreme has granted review of a Dallas Court of Appeals decision affirming a default judgment against a residential landlord in a suit brought by a tenant....
SCOTX Accepts Review of Dallas Court of Appeals Decision Reversing $30 Million Award to Tenant in Commercial Lease Dispute
The Texas Supreme has granted a commercial tenant’s petiton for review of a Dallas Court of Appeals decision that overturned a $30 million judgment in a fraud case...
Fort Worth (Eighth Division) Business Court Denies Defendants’ Attempts to Use Dominant Jurisdiction Rule to Block Plaintiff’s Suit for Involuntary Termination of an LLC
In a suit in which two sisters fell out over one of them’s conduct of an LLC they owned equally, the Fort Worth (Eighth Division) Business Court has ruled that the...
Texas Supreme Court Grants Review of El Paso Court Decision That Deed Conveying 1/128th Interest in Minerals Actually Conveys a 1/16th Interest
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of an El Paso Court of Appeals decision holding that a deed conveying a fixed 1/128th mineral and floating royalty...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Affirms TC Order Denying Hospital’s Motion to Dismiss in Chapter 74 Health Care Liability Claim
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court order denying a hospital’s motion to dismiss a health care liability claim for an inadequate expert report....
Dallas Business Court Finds Jurisdiction in Dispute Over Apartment Project Development
The Dallas Business Court (1st Division) has denied a real estate investor’s attempt to remand his lawsuit against various entities involved in a major apartment...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Reverses $1.5 Million Punitive Damages Award in Questionable Fraud Lawsuit Over Nonsubscriber Policy
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has reversed a $1.5 million punitive damages judgment against a trucking company that procured a nonsubscriber policy for an independent contractor truck driver who knew that he wasn’t covered by the policy in the first place. Pilot...
Dallas Court of Appeals Overturns $34 Million Judgment Against Taiwanese Manufacturer for Lack of Jurisdiction
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a $34 million default judgment against a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer. Polaris Electronic Co. Ltd. v. Raspberry 353 LLC (No. 05-23-00382-CV; August 29, 2025) a prior suit between Razberi Technologies, Inc., a Dallas-based...
SCOTX Stays Premises Liability Lawsuit Against Hospital to Consider Mandamus Petition in Discovery Dispute
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a hospital management company’s motion for an emergency stay while it considers the company’s petition for writ of mandamus in a discovery dispute. In re HCA Management Services, L.P. (No. 25-0872; granted October 3, 2025) arose...
SCOTX Grants Review of Austin Court of Appeals Decision Affirming Plaintiff’s Judgment in Implied Warranty Case
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to review an Austin Court of Appeals decision upholding a judgment against an Austin hydraulics company for breach of the implied warranty of good and workmanlike repair of a faulty hydraulic cylinder on a crane. Diamond Hydraulics,...
15th Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Biotech Company’s Takings, Tort Claims Against Southwestern Medical Center in Dispute Over Cancer Research
The 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting Southwestern Medical Center’s plea to the jurisdiction in suit filed by a biotech company whose chemical compound was used by Southwestern researchers under a contract with a third party. Curadev...
SCOTX Grants Review in Legal Malpractice Case Raising Rule 91a, TCPA Questions
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of an Austin Court of Appeals decision affirming trial court orders dismissing a legal malpractice case under Rule 91a. Amber Carden and William Duncan McGee v. Minton, Bassett, Flores & Carsey, P.C. and John C. Carsey,...
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