AUSTIN - Texas school districts may not withhold medical or health information about a minor child from the child’s parent or legal guardian, according to an opinion released by Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s ill-informed comments and questions at the recent oral argument in the challenge to the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccination mandate case (National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor) provide a timely reminder that the hyper-elite legal talent on the nation’s High Court is not always what it is cracked up to be.
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?
The following cases categorized as "cases appealed from lower courts" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Oct. 22. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Ag Hilltop Silverstream Parent LLC against Claudia Betancourt on Oct. 22.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton announced details of the approved settlement in the lawsuit against Griddy Energy, LLC after Winter Storm Uri left its customers with exorbitant energy bills.
NEW BRAUNFELS - A Comal County judge approved a request to fund prepaid funeral benefits for a New Braunfels woman under court-appointed guardianship who is still alive.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a 19-state coalition defending parental-consent statutes for minors seeking an abortion, a press release states.
The following cases categorized as "cases appealed from lower courts" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on April 8. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
HOUSTON — A Spain foreign exchange student who resided in Harris County when he was 15 and 16-years old is suing his former host parent who was charged with sexually abusing him.
The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Ag Hilltop Silverstream Parent LLC against Joseph Thomas on April 8.
SAN ANTONIO - When Thomas Kelly, 59, drove by his parent’s home on Enid Street near Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, he didn’t expect to see two of his father’s military uniforms flapping in the wind on the front lawn.
