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Texas' high court turns down bid to exclude Energy Transfer's top executive from deposition
The Texas Supreme Court has turned down a Texas energy company’s bid to shield its executive chairman from testifying in a legal dispute over a natural gas pipeline and processing transaction. -
Group asks Texas SC to uphold retroactive provision of Texas’ Pandemic Liability Protection Act
AUSTIN - The Texas Civil Justice League recently told the state’s highest court that if the retroactive provision of the Pandemic Liability Protection Act is struck down, untold thousands of Texans and their businesses could be targeted for litigation. -
Ruling affirming certifying class in suit against USAA before Texas Supreme Court
DALLAS - Last February, the Fifth Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling granting a motion to certify a class in litigation brought against the USAA Casualty Insurance Company. -
Texas high court backs Apache in contract dispute over Panhandle oil leases
"What a Difference a Day Makes” was recorded by singers including Dinah Washington and Dean Martin in the 20th century, but the sentiment also comes through loud and clear in a recent Texas Supreme Court ruling on energy-lease contracts. -
Texas Supreme Court denies petition for review in legal malpractice claim
HOUSTON - The Texas Supreme Court recently denied a petition for review in a legal malpractice claim brought against The Lanier Law Firm. -
No duty of care for third-party testing entities, Texas Supreme Court opines
HOUSTON – On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court held that the third-party testing entities hired by an employer do not owe a common-law negligence duty to their clients’ employees. -
Texas Supreme Court to review $26M judgment against Honda in seat belt dispute, groups file briefs in support
AUSTIN - Earlier this month, the Texas Supreme Court granted Honda’s petition to review a $26 million judgment levied against the car company over an alleged negligently designed third-row center seat belt in a minivan. -
Texas Supreme Court wipes $16.8M award in wrongful death suit over 18-wheeler collision
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed an appellate court that affirmed an award of $15 million in non-economic damages in a wrongful death suit brought over an 18-wheeler collision, finding that “nothing in the record or in the plaintiffs’ arguments demonstrates a rational connection between the injuries suffered and the amount awarded.” -
Texas Supreme Court: 'Tort Claims Act does not apply to breach-of-contract claims'
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Texas Supreme Court reverses ruling that arbitration agreement is unconscionable
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a ruling finding that an arbitration agreement is unconscionable in an employment-discrimination lawsuit brought against AutoNation USA Houston. -
LG Chem must face exploding vape battery suit, Texas Supreme Court rules
AUSTIN – On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed the denial of special appearances by two out-of-state defendants in a lawsuit brought after a battery exploded in a vape and injured its user. -
Attorney’s comment on juror’s race leads Texas Supreme Court to wipe multi-million judgment
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a judgment in a lawsuit because of a comment an attorney made during jury selection regarding an individual’s ethnicity. -
Texas Supreme Court greenlights state’s emissions testing suit against Volkswagen and Audi
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme court allowed the state’s lawsuit against Volkswagen and Audi to proceed, reversing an appellate court and agreeing with a trial court that found the German vehicle manufacturers are amenable to specific personal jurisdiction in Texas. -
Texas SC finds measuring date of a contract ends on anniversary, not the day before
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court found that a lower appellate court erred by failing to apply a common-law default rule in a dispute over dozens of oil-and-gas leases. -
Proposed class action claims against landlord have no basis in law, Texas Supreme Court rules
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed the certification of a class action lawsuit brought against American Campus Communities, which manages dozens of properties. -
Texas Supreme Court holds Exxon is an ‘insured’ in dispute over $24M settlement reimbursement
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court held that ExxonMobil is an “insured” under an umbrella policy, reversing an appellate court ruling that found insurers were not obligated to reimburse the oil giant for a $24 million settlement. -
Texas Supreme Court finds A&M has immunity in suit over traffic accident
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed a ruling that found the Texas A&M University System has immunity from a lawsuit brought over a traffic accident. -
Texas Supreme Court affirms/reverses in part breach of contract dispute between Walmart and Xerox
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a take-nothing judgment in a breach of contract lawsuit between Wal-Mart Stores and Xerox State & Local Solutions. -
Supreme Court Finalizes Form Designed to Stop Cyberbullying
The Supreme Court of Texas finalized a form designed to assist individuals who need the help of the justice system to stop harassment via cyberbullying. -
Texas Supreme Court remands $14 million med-mal judgment for calculation of settlement credit
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court found that a trial court improperly denied defendant health care providers an offsetting settlement credit in a medical malpractice suit that resulted in a $14 million judgment.