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SCOTX Reverses Houston [14th] Court of Appeals in Hurricane Harvey Flooding Case
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a puzzling Houston [14th] Court of Appeals decision upholding a multi-million dollar judgment in a Hurricane Harvey flooding...
SCOTX Decision on Nonprofit Health Organization Liability for Employee Physician Negligence Steers a Middle Course
In a case in which the Texas Medical Association and Texas Hospital Association have took opposing positions, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a nonprofit...
SCOTX Mandamuses Trial Court to Mexican Bus Wreck Case on Forum Non Conveniens Grounds
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed the Dallas Court of Appeals and granted mandamus ordering a trial court to dismiss a wrongful-death case against Greyhound...
House Approves Judicial Conduct Commission Restructuring (SJR 27), Substantial Judicial Compensation Increase (SB 293)
Yesterday the House overwhelmingly approved SJR 27, which makes several important reforms to the membership and authority of the Judicial Conduct Commission and...
SCOTX Reverses Fort Worth Court of Appeals’ Decision Dismissing a Chapter 74 Health Care Liability Claim for Inadequate Expert Report
By a 7-2 vote, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Fort Worth Court of Appeals decision dismissing a Chapter 74 claim against a hospital based on an inadequate...
SCOTX Reverses Multi-Million Judgment Against Midstream Pipeline Company in Breach of Natural Gas Transportation Agreement
In a case we first reported last fall, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Houston [1st] Court of Appeals split decision affirming a $6.1 million judgment against...
TCJL Bill Tracking Report 5-22-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 5.22.25 May 22, 2025 QUICK HIGHLIGHTS TCJL Priority and Major Supported Bills • Life of the Mother/Pregnancy Complications: SB 31 passed the...
Tyler Court of Appeals Rules That Plaintiff Had No Standing to Bring Health Care Liability Claim
The Tyler Court of Appeals has affirmed an Anderson County district court order dismissing a health care liability claim for lack of standing. Margie Pearl Davis v....
Stop Proxy Advisor Conflicts – Support SB 2337/HB 4079
Stop Conflicts of Interest by Proxy Advisors April 15, 2025 About 70-80 percent of the outstanding shares of U.S. publicly traded companies are owned by...
AI Legislation Heads for Senate Floor (HB 149)
Legislation regulating the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry (not to mention anybody who deploys an AI system for use in the world) has advanced from the...
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 urging the Texas Supreme Court to grant review and reverse the court of appeals. JMI Contractors, LLC v....
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 an Illinois federal court. Nejla Kassandra Keyfli Lane v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline (No....
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 involved damages to real property, not a contractual damage waiver with a venue-selection clause designating...
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 legislative session and since then, you have seen us trying like hell to raise the alarm about the erosion of...
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 arbitration in a personal injury action. As we originally reported last March, Abigail Dalila Cerna A/N/F of R.W....
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 granted interlocutory appellate jurisdiction over whether each plaintiff in a multi-plaintiff case...
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