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SCOTX Accepts Certified Question from Fifth Circuit in Negligent Undertaking Case Against Property Owner
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to review another certified question from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals concerning a landowner’s responsibility to...
Austin Court of Appeals Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Workers’ Compensation Act
The Austin Court of Appeals has rejected an injured worker’s constitutional challenge to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. Normal Engel v. Texas Department of...
SCOTX Accepts Certified Question from 5th Circuit on Pre-emptive Effect of State Human Rights Act on Common-Law Tort Claims
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to consider a U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals certified question arising from an employee’s lawsuit against SMU University and...
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...
TCJL Files Brief in Long-Arm Jurisdiction Case Involving Austrian Manufacturer
Yesterday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief with the Texas Supreme Court in support of an Austrian aircraft-engine manufacturer’s petition for review. The case, BRP-Rotax GMBH & Co. KG v. Sheema Shaik and Touseef Siddiqui (No. 23-0756), arose from the crash of...
SCOTX Grants Review of Multi-Million Judgment Against Pipeline Company
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a pipeline company’s petition for review of a Houston [1st] Court of Appeals split decision affirming a $6.1 million judgment against the company for breach of contract. American Midstream (Alabama Intrastate), LLC v. Rainbow Energy...
Register Today! TCJL 38th Annual Meeting & CLE on November 7, 2024
TCJL 38th Annual Meeting 2024 Thursday, November 7, 2024 Headliners Club 221 West 6th Street Austin 9:00-11:00 CLE AI Legal And Ethical Pitfalls: What You Need To Know For The 2025 Session CLE Program Course # 174249070, 2 Hours CLE credit including 1 Hour Ethics...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Reverses Class Certification Order
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order certifying a class action against a manufacturer of electronic valves for water filtration systems. Background The facts of Pentair Residential Filtration, LLC v. Paul Belsome, et al. (No....
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Chapter 74 Malpractice Claim
Patricia Martin v. Methodist Health Centers d/b/a Houston Methodist Willowbrook and Diego C. Marines Copado, M.D. (No.14-23-00418-CV; filed July 16, 2024) arose from a medical malpractice claim based on the physician’s failure to timely diagnose rectal cancer, which...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Attorney’s Fees Award under UDJA Despite Dismissing the Case Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine
Manohar Singh Mann, Narinder Singh Nagra and Bhupinder Singh v. Sikh National Center, Inc. (No. 14-23-00272-CV; filed August 1, 2024) arose from a dispute between the Sikh National Center (SNC) and the appellants over access to SNC’s bank accounts. SNC filed suit,...
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