Stories by Amanda Thomas on Southeast Texas Record

AUSTIN – The case against San Angelo Community Medical Center (SACMC) will continue after an appeals court reversed a lower court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of medical center accused of creating a monopoly.

DALLAS – A patent infringement case against ZTE Corp. will continue after a federal judge denied the Chinese smartphone company’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by a Texas mobile software developer.

MARSHALL – A federal judge has ruled that a patent infringement lawsuit against Huawei USA Inc. will stay in Texas.

HOUSTON – A federal judge in Texas has dismissed an $8 million fraudulent billing case after three health care centers and two insurance companies agreed to a settlement.

HOUSTON – ConocoPhillips Co. has won a contract dispute over a drilling project after a state appeals court found that a drop in oil prices isn’t a natural or man-made disaster.

HOUSTON – An appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s judgment in a condemnation case that ruled in favor of Seaway Crude Pipeline Co.

BEAUMONT – A appellate court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to hold Unimex Logistics LLC liable for the balance a towing company is owed for providing cargo and equipment involved in a spill that resulted from an accident involving a tractor-trailer.

HOUSTON – A Texas appellate judge has affirmed the dismissal of a discrimination suit against grocery chain H.E. Butt (HEB) Grocery Co.