AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion providing guidance on how courts should apply the periodic payments provision, a key element of the state’s 2003 landmark medical liability reforms, holding that the structure must in some way conform to the evidence presented to the jury at trial.
AUSTIN - A health care provider’s general policies and procedures fall outside the narrow scope of pre-report discovery permitted in medical-liability cases, the Texas Supreme Court recently opined.
WASHINGTON – The full Fifth Circuit bench ruled yesterday that Texas accountant Michelle Cochran has the right to challenge the constitutionality of her Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) removal protections in federal court before undergoing an administrative adjudication, a press release states.
DC – A rule requiring for-hire charter boat captains off the Gulf of Mexico to install vessel monitoring systems (VMS), a kind of GPS tracking device, on their boats to supply 24/7 location information to the U.S. Government has been put on hold, a press release states.
DC – Federal workers with naturally acquired immunity to COVID-19 have filed a class-action lawsuit against their employer, the U.S. government, as well as Dr. Anthony Fauci and other members of the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, the group designated to act as the intermediate enforcer of the executive order mandating that all federal employees get vaccinated, a press release states.
The following cases categorized as "other civil case" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Aug. 19. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "other civil case" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Aug. 18. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activity in the suit brought by ML Factors Funding LLC against Investments Alliance LLC and Raymundo Figueroa on Aug. 19: 'Writ Of Garnishment After Judgment Issued'.
The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by ML Factors Funding LLC against Investments Alliance LLC and Raymundo Figueroa on Aug. 18.
The following cases categorized as "other civil case" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on June 25. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "other civil case" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on June 24. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Pandemic Liability Protection Act provides COVID-19 liability protections for health care providers, businesses, non-profits, religious institutions, and schools that made good-faith efforts to follow safety protocols during the course of the public health emergency declared by Gov. Greg Abbott.
