SAN ANTONIO - Federal district court judge Xavier Rodriguez issued a verdict yesterday against the U.S. in the amount of $230,000,000 for the government’s role in causing the shooting at Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church on Nov. 5, 2017, a press release states.
The return of nuclear verdicts to Texas courts (and attorney television advertising) and the recently launched efforts of the medical malpractice plaintiff’s bar to convince the federal courts to strike down Texas’ cap on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases (which is likely to play out over several years) could potentially raise an issue for state lawmakers: is it time to consider codifying at least some objective standards and levels of proof for mental anguish damages?
HOUSTON - A lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages was recently brought on behalf of a minor child who was allegedly injured because of an unsafe carnival ride.
Peckar & Abramson, Pc Welcomes Angela Connor, Freddy X. Muñoz, and Brian D. Waller to the Firm’s Partnership; Announces Additional Promotions to Senior Counsel and Senior Associate Ranks.
Nine months after the Great Freeze of 2021, after a full legislative session, three special sessions, resignations from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and a complete leadership turnover at the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC), the powers that be in Austin have still not learned the right lessons or taken sufficient steps to prevent a repeat of that unnecessary disaster.
HOUSTON -- Attorney Brent Coon, founder of Brent Coon & Associates, announced that his firm has filed more than 1,500 cases on behalf of victims of the Travis Scott Astroworld Music Festival tragedy, more than doubling the total amount of cases filed by all firms against Scott and other defendants, a press release states.
Kermit Warren, a grandfather and church deacon from the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, will get his hard-earned life savings back, thanks to IJ’s latest victory against civil forfeiture.
HOUSTON – A property owner does not owe a legal duty to ensure independent contractors perform their work in a safe manner, even when a worker cuts off most of his fingers, a recently filed motion for summary judgment argues.
HOUSTON – Today, the 14th Court of Appeals concluded storm attorney Eric Dick and his clients have failed to demonstrate any abuse of discretion in a trial court’s award of sanctions.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton led a 10-state coalition that filed an amicus brief in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Florida’s law that regulates censorship on Big Tech platforms by requiring them to apply their content-moderation practices in a consistent manner and to provide disclosures to affected users.
