Hutchison Republican candidates in the highly-anticipated Texas gubernatorial race will square off in "The Texas Debates: Race for Governor" at 7 p.m.,Thursday, Jan. 14.
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-Felony arson criminal mischief charges have dismissed against Francisca Medina, the wife of Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina.
Medina AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-The Medical malpractice law in Texas does not extend to claims unrelated to treatment, the state Supreme Court ruled last week.
I'm not sure what it is about summertime � maybe it's the relaxed pace with people enjoying vacations, or perhaps the heat driving people a little batty � but there always seems to be an upsurge in silly lawsuits, oddball motions, and just plain wackiness in the courts during this time of year.
Johnson When the Texas Supreme Court recently ordered Jefferson County District Court Judge Donald Floyd to explain his reasons for granting plaintiff Willis Whisnant a new trial against DuPont, both the majority and the dissenting opinions relied on another decision the court issued the same day.
The Texas Supreme Court has ordered Jefferson County Judge Donald Floyd to give the reasons behind his decision to grant the plaintiff a new wrongful death trial against DuPont.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Texas Supreme Court justices split five to four in shielding a hospital tax district from a liability lawsuit like a city or a county, and they twisted the knot the same day by allowing a suit to proceed against city officials in El Paso.
Justice Don Willett AUSTIN � Denton County failed to secure a 17-foot floodgate arm that speared Rhiannon Beynon through a car, but according to the Texas Supreme Court the county doesn't have to pay her family for her injury.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Bexar County jurors believed an engineer's naked conclusions and a doctor's conclusory opinions in linking a child's leukemia to a San Antonio landfill, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on May 1.
A total of 19 suits regarding hurricane damage claims were filed against insurance companies in Jefferson County District Court during the week of April 20-24, 2009.
A total of 13 suits were filed regarding hurricane claims against insurance companies in Jefferson County District Court during the week of March 16-March 20, 2009.
Photo included in Justice Hecht's dissenting opinion. He gives attribution to supanet.com. AUSTIN � Years of muscling 18 wheels across three miles of dirt road to a sand pit didn't warn trucker David Perry to watch out for potholes and neither did speed limit signs all along the road, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on Feb. 27.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Attorney Rolando Caballero successfully completed probation for criminal charges, but the state Board of Disciplinary Appeals can disbar him anyway, the Supreme Court of Texas has ruled.
Justice David Brister AUSTIN � The Supreme Court of Texas offers sympathy but nothing more to Louis Goudeau, a "good Samaritan" who got run over on the Sam Houston Tollway.
Alan Waldrop AUSTIN � Texans can't enforce contracts to buy real estate unless they prove at trial that they could have paid for the real estate, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Oct. 17.
Justice David Brister AUSTIN � A recent decision by the Texas Supreme Court regarding peremptory strikes could reshape the state's jury selection process.
AUSTIN � Bexar County jurors who blamed Quarry Market mall manager Trammell Crow for a murder made a mistake, according to the Texas Supreme Court.
A statue of Padre Nicolas Balli stands in Padre Island, Texas. A recent decision by the Texas Supreme Court may have finally put an end to the decades of legal disputes involving the heirs of the original settler of Padre Island.
Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson AUSTIN � Insurers who covered cellular telephone companies for bodily injuries must pay for national radiation litigation, the Texas Supreme Court decided Aug. 29.