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Business Court Grants Motion to Remand to District Court in Multi-Million Dollar Lease Dispute
The Business Court has rejected an attempt to remove a case to Business Court where defendants in a multi-million lease dispute missed the statutory deadline for...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Affirms TC Summary Judgment for Contractor in Third-Party Liability Case
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting summary judgment to a contractor in a worksite injury case in which the plaintiff alleged...
SCOTX Mandamuses Trial Court for Allowing Direct Liability Claim Against Trucking Company’s Customer in Wrongful Death Case
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a shipper’s petition for writ of mandamus after a trial court denied its Rule 91a motion to dismiss a wrongful death plaintiff’s...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Defense Summary Judgment in Wrongful Death Case
The Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a Dallas County district court’s order granting summary judgment to an independent contractor and subcontractor in a...
SCOTX Reverses Fort Worth Court of Appeals Application of “Gist Rule” to a Royalty Dispute Involving Mineral Leases in West Virginia
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Fort Worth Court of Appeals decision overturning a trial court judgment awarding various equitable remedies to a plaintiff in...
Business Court Denies Defendants’ Motion to Remand Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Dispute to District Court
The Business Court has denied a motion by defendants in a misappropriation of trade secrets dispute to remand the case to the Harris County district court in which...
Business Court Grants Summary Judgment for Plaintiff in Dispute Over Acquisition of Weatherford Apartment Complex
In another of the real estate disputes that appear to be popular in the Business Court, the court has granted summary judgment to Plaintiff that sold a $76 million...
15th Court: Chief Justice Brister Calls Out Private Litigation Fund’s Qui Tam Action for Perpetrating a “Fraud” and “Privateering” at Expense of the Public
Dissenting from the majority’s decision to deny mandamus relief to a defendant in a Medicaid fraud qui tam lawsuit brought by a private litigation fund, Chief...
Texas Business Leaders Release Statement Condemning Outside Interference in Corporate Relocations
AUSTIN, TEXAS – A coalition of leading Texas business trade associations today issued a joint statement strongly objecting to the increasing interference of outside...
SCOTX Reinstates Rule 91a Dismissal of Fraud Claim Against DART Contractor
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Dallas Court of Appeals decision throwing out a trial court order dismissing a Rule 91a motion to dismiss a subcontractor’s...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Reverses $27 Million Default Judgment in Construction Contract Case
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has reversed a $27 million default judgment against a general contractor whose attorney withdrew from representation less than a week before trial. All Valley Innovations Group, LLC and Enrique J. Castellanos v. Carrell (No....
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Reverses TC Denial of Chapter 74 Motion to Dismiss in Sexual Abuse Case
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has reversed a Harris County district court’s denial of a hospital’s Chapter 74 motion to dismiss on the basis of a deficient expert report. Memorial Hermann Health System v. John Doe (No. 14-25-00038-CV; February 19, 2026) arose...
TCJL Files Amicus Brief in Lawfare Case Against Manufacturers [Standing]
by George Christian TCJL today filed an amicus brief in a case in which an out-of-state environmental advocacy organization has intervened in a state enforcement action against chemical manufacturers permitted by the TCEQ. In re Dow Hydrocarbons and Resources LLC and...
El Paso Court of Appeals Applies Mailbox Rule in Tort Claims Act’s Notice of Claim Requirement
In spite of what appears to be clear statutory language to the contrary, the El Paso Court of Appeals has applied the common-law mailbox rule to affirm a trial court order denying a university health sciences center plea to the jurisdiction in medical negligence...
SCOTX Holds That Chapter 21, Property Code, Waives Sovereign Immunity for Condemned Property Repurchase Claims [Eminent Domain]
In a decision with potentially far-reaching effects on the power of the state and local governmental entities to acquire property by eminent domain, a divided Texas Supreme Court has ruled that Chapter 21, Property Code, waives sovereign immunity for a property...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Grant of Summary Judgment, Sanctions, and Attorney’s Fees for Insurer in Dispute with Homeowner
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has affirmed a Galveston County district court’s summary judgment and sanctions order in favor of an insurer in a policy dispute with homeowners. Steven Burns, Jacqueline Burns, Eric B. Dick, and the Dick Law Firm, PLLC v. Standard...
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