AUSTIN – Numerous amicus briefs have been filed seeking to have the Texas Supreme Court rehear a Hurricane Ike lawsuit brought against USAA Texas Lloyds, asserting justices need to clear up confusion created by a past opinion.
AUSTIN – The Supreme Court of Texas has overturned two lower court rulings and ordered that a new trial take place in an $11,350 Galveston Island insurance case.
Justices for the appeals court in Beaumont recently affirmed a trial court’s ruling that a slip-and-fall case against a hospital is not a health care liability claim, but the same as any slip-and-fall suit against a landlord.
COVINGTON, La. – Louisiana is, by and large, a state that welcomes new oil and gas projects. This comes as no surprise – the industry provides jobs for residents and a substantial tax base for the state treasury. From 20-year-old tax exemptions to the recent passage of Senate Bill 469, which blocks lawsuits against 97 oil and gas companies, the industry is secure and welcome in the state.
SHERMAN - Twenty-four women have filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of hernia mesh products claiming they suffered serious injuries from defects with the mesh.
GALVESTON - Local resident Gail Morris claims the Transitional Learning Center in Galveston terminated her in response to what she thinks is the Department of Aging and Disability Services's erroneous classification.
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, in an opinion issued Friday, said a subsection of the state Education Code precludes certain registered lobbyists from serving on the Texas Board of Education.
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, in an opinion issued Friday, said a subsection of the state Education Code precludes certain registered lobbyists from serving on the Texas Board of Education.
Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - The Texas Attorney General's Office, in an opinion requested by the state Board of Education, says state law doesn't allow the board to hire private attorneys to file a lawsuit on its behalf.
