HOUSTON – The son of Joel Osteen was interacting with his cell phone right before he rear-ended another vehicle, sending its occupants to the hospital, court records state.
HOUSTON – A consulting group that was hit with a restraining order for trying to initiate arbitration proceedings against another company recently lost an appeal over the issue.
BEAUMONT – After denying UPS a trial by jury, Judge Kent Walston, a district judge in Jefferson County, awarded the plaintiffs suing the company $27 million in damages for an auto collision that didn’t occur in Texas.
BEAUMONT – Back in December, the Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling rejecting an expert report offered by Christus Health Southeast Texas in a lawsuit brought by a patient who delivered her baby into a toilet while admitted to St. Elizabeth Hospital.
HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals today affirmed a ruling granting SNC-Lavalin Engineers & Constructors summary judgment in a disability discrimination lawsuit.
AUSTIN – Attorney Mark Lanier stands to make millions of dollars for his work on Texas’ antitrust lawsuit against Google – billable time that Attorney General Ken Paxton apparently doesn’t think is any of the public’s business.
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – If the plaintiffs are no longer in the food truck business, a lawsuit accusing South Padre Island of keeping them from setting up shop is moot, a court document states.
HOUSTON – A jury recently found that a plaintiff who sued ExxonMobil for millions of dollars following a workplace injury was the one primarily at fault.
AUSTIN – No Texan voted for the California officials who are orchestrating climate change “lawfare” against his state’s energy sector – oil and gas companies that employ hundreds of thousands and brings in billions in tax revenue, says Gov. Greg Abbott.
BEAUMONT – Judge Mitch Templeton did not err by opting not to grant a new trial in car wreck suit that resulted in a jury awarding no damages, according to an opinion issued by the Ninth Court of Appeals today.
HOUSTON – The First Court Appeals affirmed today a lower court ruling opting not to reinstate an age discrimination suit against the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
HOUSTON – A medical provider who was promised a cut of a lawsuit after treating a lawyer’s client recently had its case remanded back to the trial court for further proceedings on a breach of contract claim.
HOUSTON – An appellate court affirmed today a ruling denying the city of Houston immunity in litigation brought by firefighters after the parties failed to reach a collective bargaining agreement.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a motion to intervene in Florida’s case against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for their series of unlawful orders that brought the cruise industry to a halt, a press release states.
AUSTIN – The Texas Supreme Court recently affirmed an appellate court’s decision to overturn an order sealing eight exhibits that HouseCanary argues protect its trade secrets.
HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals recently reversed a trial court that awarded summary judgment in favor of two defendants that were sued by a man who lost his job after a drug test yielded a positive result for cocaine.
HOUSTON – A summary judgment win in favor of Classic Chevrolet was recently affirmed on appeal. The finding stems from an automobile collision lawsuit brought by Jenny Day and Guillermo Moreno.
HOUSTON – Apparently, attending a celebratory luncheon with a law firm and then awarding them $2 million in attorney’s fees shortly after is cause for a public warning and an order for additional education.
