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Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Plaintiff ‘s Verdict in Health Care Liability Case, Tosses $300,000 Award of Economic and Noneconomic Damages
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment rendered on a jury verdict awarding a plaintiff $300,000 in damages in her lawsuit against an ophthalmologist....
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Enforces Arbitration Agreement in Dispute Between Energy Company and BakerBotts
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order denying an energy company’s motion to vacate an arbitration award in favor of its former law...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Denial of City of Houston’s MSJ Under Tort Claims Act
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order denying the City of Houston’s motion for summary judgment, holding that USAA presented...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Reverses TC Summary Judgment, Holds That Indemnity Provision Was Not Enforceable Against a Contractor
The Houson [14th] Court of Appeals has ruled that an indemnity provision contained in a document incorporated by reference into an agreement between a railroad and a...
Business Court Issues Split Decision in Contractor’s Suit Against Its Former Employee and Brown & Root in Trade Secrets Case
The Business Court has granted Brown & Root’s motion for summary judgment based on claim preclusion but denied that of Plaintiffs’ former employee, who was a...
Business Court Dismisses Plaintiffs’ Conversion Claim Under Rule 91a in Dispute Between Investors in a Brewery
The Business Court has granted Defendants’ Rule 91a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ conversion claim based on a restructuring of LLC members’ interests in a Houston...
We Ask Again: Why is the 15th Court of Appeals Deciding a Health Care Liability Dispute Between Private Parties?
A while back we expressed some puzzlement about why the statewide 15th Court of Appeals was receiving cases outside of its statutory mandate by way of docket...
Business Court Sends Louisiana Antitrust Claim to Louisiana, But Denies Rule 91a Motion to Dismiss Louisiana DTPA Claims
The Business Court has dismissed a Louisiana entity’s claim that Texas defendants violated Louisiana antitrust law in connection with a clean hydrogen development...
Business Court Denies Defendant’s Plea to the Jurisdiction and Plea in Abatement in Corporate Dissolution Case Involving San Antonio Auto Dealership Giant
The Business Court has denied a defendant’s attempt to escape the jurisdiction of the Business Court in an action for dissolution and winding up of several entities...
Business Court Rules That Promissory Note Not a Security under the Texas Securities Act
The Business Court has granted partial summary judgment to a defendant who argued that a promissory note was not a security as defined by the Texas Securities Act....
Business Court Largely Dismisses Contract, Tort Claims Brought by Former Manager of Oil and Gas Company
The Business Court has largely granted an oil and gas company’s Rule 91a motion to dismiss various claims brought by a member and former co-manager whom the other members expelled for conflicts of interest. Russell A. Hinds v. Sandman Offshore, LLC, and David Wegner...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Enforces Defense and Indemnity Obligations All the Way Up the Chain of Purchase and Sale Agreements Conveying Louisiana Leases
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting defendant operators’ summary judgment motions seeking enforcement of defense and indemnity obligations. Urban Fund III, LP and Urban Oil and Gas Partners C-1, LP v. Blackbeard Operating East,...
Austin Court of Appeals Throws Out Taxpayer Suit Challenging Central Health’s Contract With Dell Medical School
The Austin Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying Central Health’s motion to dismiss a suit brought by taxpayers to enjoin the hospital district’s contract with UT Dell Medical School to help provide indigent care. Dr. Patrick Lee and Chief...
Third-Party Litigation Funding: 214 Companies from Diverse Industries Urge Adoption of Rule Requiring Disclosure of TPLF Agreements to Parties
Lawyers for Civil Justice https://askabouttplf.com/ Letter Reflects Largest and Most Diverse Support to Date for TPLF Disclosure Rule WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 14, 2026 – 214 companies – in a significant demonstration of support – are urging the Advisory...
Business Court Dismisses Receivership Action for Lack of Jurisdiction
The Business Court has granted a defense plea to the jurisdiction on the basis that it didn’t have concurrent jurisdiction over the action with a district court that had already appointed a receiver in the same case. John J. (“Jay”) Parker, Jr., Individually and on...
The Once and Future Oral Argument By Hon. David M. Gunn & Nicholas M. Bruno
THE ONCE AND FUTURE ORAL ARGUMENT By Hon. David M. Gunn & Nicholas M. Bruno Oral argument can be useful to the Court. It is certainly useful to the parties who can see the deliberative process play out and thereby feel more confidence in the result of the appeal...
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