HOUSTON - Today, the First Court of Appeals denied the Harris County Fresh Supply District No. 61 governmental immunity from a condemnation lawsuit brought by the Magellan Pipeline Company and V-Tex Logistics.
HOUSTON - Yesterday, the First Court of Appeals remanded a construction defect case with instructions for the trial court to order the parties into arbitration and stay the proceedings.
HOUSTON - Yesterday, the 14th Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of Facebook’s special appearance in a lawsuit brought by an alleged sex trafficking victim, concluding that Texas has specific personal jurisdiction over the claim.
HOUSTON — A jury unanimously found that a Harris County property did not sustain damages due to Hurricane Harvey in 2018 and that Texas Fair Plan Association did not have to pay fees associated with the damages.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court is allowing a group of claimants to replead their case against the city of San Antonio – individuals who sued over the city’s exclusion of Chick-fil-A from the San Antonio airport.
WASHINGTON - A petition for writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that members of a mandatory bar cannot be compelled to finance any political or ideological activities with their dues was denied today.
DALLAS - Yesterday, the Fifth Court of Appeals reversed a ruling granting Boeing’s plea to the jurisdiction on claims the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association asserted on its on behalf while affirming the dismissal of claims SWAPA brought on the behalf of its members.
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals recently affirmed a ruling denying the city of Houston governmental immunity in a lawsuit brought over an automobile collision involving one of the city’s garbage trucks.
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals recently reversed a ruling denying the Harris County Flood Control District governmental immunity in a lawsuit brought by a man who was injured when a tree he was cutting fell and struck him.
DALLAS - The Fifth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a summary judgment win in favor of OVP Hospitality in a lawsuit alleging a man was severely injured by hot water after slipping on a shampoo bottle in the shower and losing consciousness.
BEAUMONT - The United Parcel Service was recently hit with a lawsuit alleging the company created an environment that required a employee who complained of sexual harassment to be in close daily contact with the very supervisor who harassed her.
“Lawfare is an ugly tool by which to seek the environmental policy changes the California Parties desire, enlisting the judiciary to do the work that the other two branches of government cannot or will not do to persuade their constituents that anthropogenic climate change (a) has been conclusively proved and (b) must be remedied by crippling the energy industry.”
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court recently reversed an appellate court judgment, finding that a suit alleging treatments at a med spa caused skin scarring and discoloration constitutes a health care liability claim.
HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals today affirmed a ruling denying Union Pacific Railroad’s motion to dismiss certain claims under the Texas Citizens Participation Act.
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals recently denied Kirby Offshore Marine’s petition for writ of mandamus, which sought to vacate a lower court’s order compelling production of unredacted documents.
FORT WORTH - The Second Court of Appeals recently reversed in part a ruling denying the Texas Department of Transportation’s plea to the jurisdiction in a lawsuit brought over tree removal.
