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Former Liberty County deputy loses appeal over 2011 firing
Former Liberty County deputy loses appeal over 2011 firing
Fired Braemar-Houston employee loses appeal in dispute with TWC over unemployment benefits
Fired Braemar-Houston employee loses appeal in dispute with TWC over unemployment benefits
Texas AG office opines about court recorders amid reporter shortage, per Cherokee County attorney's request
Texas AG office opines about court recorders amid reporter shortage, per Cherokee County attorney's request
Texas appeals court sides with patient who sued Sugar Land hospital after losing leg
HOUSTON – A Texas appeals court has ruled in favor of a patient who lost a leg following treatment at a suburban Houston hospital, saying his expert witness' amended report meets requirement under a state liability law.
Man will not get pickup truck back, Ninth Court rules
BEAUMONT (SE Texas Record) — Jimmy Jenkins isn't getting his pickup truck back, a state appeals court recently ruled.
Coldspring secretary on hook for damages, costs after state appeals court dismisses sexual discrimination and workplace harassment lawsuits
BEAUMONT (SE Texas Record) — Coldspring City Secretary Suzann Boudreaux is on the hook for damages and costs in what a city councilman called "a frivolous" sexual discrimination and workplace harassment recently dismissed by a state appeals court.
Walmart must honor $35K settlement in grape slip-and-fall case, despite winning dismissal, state appeals court affirms
HOUSTON — Walmart will have to live up to a $35,000 settlement agreement in a grape slip-and-fall case despite winning summary judgment in the case, a state appeals court recently affirmed.
Expert testimony not required to prove forgery, Texas appeals court rules in siblings' probate dispute
HOUSTON — An expert witness is not required to prove forgery, a state appeals court recently ruled in a Harris County probate dispute between siblings.
State appeals court returns malpractice lawsuit against Houston nursing home back to Harris County court
HOUSTON — A long-running medical malpractice lawsuit against a Houston nursing home over a resident's 2014 death following a fall is on its way back to a Harris County court after a state appeals court found the standard of care had been breached.
Harris County DA doesn't have to produce files for inmate serving 99-year sentence, state appeals panel affirms
HOUSTON — Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg will not have to produce files for an incarcerated inmate's legal malpractice case against his former criminal defense attorney, a state appeals court recently affirmed.
Texas appeals court remands public information case over denied elder abuse doc access back to Travis County court
AUSTIN (SE Texas Record) — The case of a woman suing Texas state agencies, including a division of the state Attorney General's office, over denial of documents in her elder abuse and civil rights investigation is on its way back to a Travis County court.
Texas appeals court undermined state Supreme Court precedent in recent decision, dissenting justice says
AUSTIN (SE Texas Record) — A Texas appeals court split appeals court decision undermined Texas Supreme Court precedent when it modified a lower court ruling, a dissenting justice in the case said.
Appeals court affirms dismissal of Baytown-area landlord's case against bank that froze his accounts
HOUSTON – A Texas appeals court recently declined to revive a landlord's breach of contract and negligence lawsuit against Amegy Bank of Texas after the bank froze his accounts over allegedly suspicious cash deposits.
Appeals panel affirms lower court's take-nothing judgment in dispute with Houston used car lot
HOUSTON – A state appeals court recently declined to revive a breach of contract and negligence lawsuit against Houston used car lot that allegedly failed to make agreed repairs on a vehicle before its new owners took delivery.
Dismissed: Texas woman's case against Canadian stock image company over her likeness uploaded without her consent
HOUSTON – A Texas woman's lawsuit against a Canadian-based stock image company over photos of her as a minor allegedly uploaded without parental consent was recently dismissed by a state appeals court. The court also overturned a lower court's denial of the company's motion for special appearance.
Houston church loses appeal over excess proceeds from a property tax foreclosure sale
HOUSTON – A Houston church that sought excess proceeds from a property tax foreclosure sale still won't be getting those funds following a state appeals court's recent ruling.
Woman's lawsuit over 2011 Christmas Eve collision with Houston police car headed back to Harris County court
HOUSTON (SE Texas Record) — The case of a Houston woman who was injured when her vehicle was struck Christmas Eve 2011 by a police car responding to a robbery in progress is once again on its way back to a Harris County Court following a state appeals court opinion issued last month.
Texas appeals court upholds county immunity in innocent motorist's 2015 death in chase crash
HOUSTON (SE Texas Record) — A Texas appeals court recently upheld dismissal for a lawsuit against Harris County filed by the family of a 21-year-old woman killed in 2015 when the vehicle in which she was driving was struck during a police chase.
Texas appeals court upholds 'special appearance' in dismissed security fraud lawsuit
HOUSTON (SE Texas Record) — A Texas appeals court recently upheld a "special appearance" in a security fraud lawsuit that was dismissed by a lower court.
Texas appeals court grants Ohio insurance company conditional mandamus in personal injury case
HOUSTON (SE Texas Record) — A Texas appeals court recently granted conditional relief to an Ohio-based insurance company's in its currently pending lawsuit.