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Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment for Insurer in Hailstorm Case
The Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order rejecting homeowners’ contractual and extracontractual claims against an insurer who properly paid the...
SCOTX To Review Chapter 74 Expert Report Decision from Fort Worth Court of Appeals
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a Fort Worth Court of Appeals decision dismissing a health care liability claim against an Arlington hospital based on...
SCOTX Stays Another UIM Case In Which TC Refused to Sever and Abate and Quash Corporate Representative, Adjuster Depositions
The Texas Supreme Court has granted emergency relief staying depositions of an insurer’s corporate representative and adjuster in an underinsured motorist case in...
SCOTX Declines to Review Commercial Coverage Dispute Between Chemical Manufacturer and Insurer
The Texas Supreme Court has taken a pass on a Houston [1st] Court of Appeals decision affirming a summary judgment order in favor of commercial and excess insurers...
San Antonio Court of Appeals Upholds Lawyer’s Suspension for Mishandling Client Funds
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order suspending an attorney’s license for 18 months for mishandling client funds. Ruth v. Commission for...
Divided Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment in Legal Malpractice Case
A divided panel of the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting a defendant attorney’s motion for summary judgment in a legal...
SCOTX Accepts Review in Potentially Landmark Case Seeking to Hold Nonprofit Hospitals Vicariously Liable for Negligence of Employee Physicians
In a case in which the Texas Medical Association and Texas Hospital Association have taken opposing positions, the Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a Corpus...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Mandamuses TC For Not Enforcing Forum Selection Clause
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has ordered a Harris County district court to dismiss a lawsuit based on a forum selection clause stipulating that disputes...
SCOTX Grants Review in Important Excess Insurance Policy Interpretation Case
In late 2022 we reported on a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals case in which the court rejected the insurer’s argument that an excess policy with a “following form”...
San Antonio Court of Appeals Affirms TC Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration in Personal Injury Case
Bite Entertainment, LLC d/b/a Urban Air South San Antonio; UATP Management, LLC d/b/a Urban Air Adventure Parks; UATP IP, LLC; UA Attractions, LLC; and Allen Van...
SCOTX Mandamuses Trial Court That Compelled a Defendant to Produce Self-Incriminating Discovery in Violation of Fifth Amendment
The Texas Supreme Court has ordered a trial court to vacate parts of an order granting a motion to compel a defendant’s response to interrogatories that would incriminate him in a separate criminal prosecution. In re Taylor Brock Peters (No. 23-0611; October 4, 2024)...
SCOTX Remands Case to Trial Court That Refused to Consider Responses to Summary Judgment Motions Filed a Day Late
The Texas Supreme Court has held that a trial court abused its discretion when it denied a motion to file a response to a summary judgment tendered one day late where the attorney submitted an affidavit stating that a calendaring error caused the late filing. Georgia...
TCJL, US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, Lawyers for Civil Justice Respond to TPLF Opposition
September 25, 2024 TCJL, ILR and LCJ filed a letter with Judge Harvey Brown in response to the opposition letter by Hance Scarborough, representing the International Legal Finance Association ("ILFA"). See a comprehensive collection of TPLF documents on the TPLF...
SCOTX Agrees to Hear TCPA Case Involving Motion for Discovery Sanctions
The Texas Supreme Court will hear a case raising the issue of whether a motion for discovery sanctions alleging that defendants improperly withheld certain evidence constitutes a “legal action” to which the Texas Citizens Participation Act (Ch. 27, CPRC) applies....
SCOTX Accepts Certified Question in Religious Freedom Case
The Texas Supreme Court has accepted a certified question from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals calling for an interpretation of Article I, § 6-a, Texas Constitution, the “religious-service-protections” clause. Gary Perez; Matilde Torres v. City of San Antonio...
SCOTX Reverses $21 Million Judgment Against Defendant Who Was Not Noticed for Zoom Bench Trial
The Texas Supreme Court, with palpable disgust, has reversed a Dallas Court of Appeals decision that upheld a $21.6 million judgment against a defendant who did not receive notice of a Zoom bench trial in his case until the day of trial. Richard Wade v. Luis Valdetaro...
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