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Insurer owed no duty to warn insured after crash, Texas Supreme Court opines
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court recently found that Elephant Insurance did not owe a duty to an insured motorist whose spouse was killed while taking photos of her single-car accident. -
Time to Revisit the Standards for Awarding Mental Anguish Damages?
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? -
Suit: spouse of chemical company worker exposed to asbestos through husband's work clothing
HOUSTON — A suit alleges the spouse of a former chemical company worker developed Mesothelioma due to her years of exposure to her husband's clothing which contained asbestos fibers. -
Final judgment entered on $113 million jury verdict against United of Omaha Life Insurance
BEAUMONT – A final judgment was recently entered in a lawsuit that resulted in a $113 million jury verdict against United of Omaha Life Insurance last month. -
Fort Worth woman sues TxDOT over deadly I-35 pileup, Provost Umphrey representing her
FORT WORTH – A Fort Worth woman has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation, I-35 Tarrant County tollway operators and maintenance companies, and various trucking company owners and operators over a massive multi-fatality pileup on Interstate 35 in February that killed her husband. -
Judge Fredericka Phillips’ lack of judgment
Honi soit qui mal y pense. Shame on those who see evil there. -
Suit alleges oil drilling worker died from asbestos exposure
HOUSTON — Chevron, GE, Goodyear and several others who produce and sell asbestos-containing materials is facing a suit alleging an oil drilling worker died from his exposure to their products. -
Legally Speaking: Lawyers Behaving Badly -- Once More, With Feeling
As "Legally Speaking" readers know, I've delved into the issue of lawyers on their worst behavior before, in a series of columns entitled "Lawyers Behaving Badly."