AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court undid damage caused by an appeals court on the verge of becoming a "Judicial Hellhole," the American Tort Reform Association notes in its annual report.
AUSTIN – A defendant who was hit with a $21.6 million verdict at a one hour-long bench trial has successfully appealed that result to the Supreme Court of Texas, which found proper notice procedures were not followed and thus, the defendant is entitled to a new trial.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court overturned a woman’s $26 million judgment against Honda Motor Co., ruling state law protects manufacturers against liability over products that meet federal automotive safety standards.
AUSTIN – The Supreme Court of Texas reversed a judgment from a lower appellate court and reinstated one from a Dallas County trial court, which found both parties in a fatal motor vehicle-freight train collision negligently caused the accident.
AUSTIN – The Supreme Court of Texas has given the go-ahead for McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley to challenge a judicial reprimand she received for refusing to perform same-sex marriages.
AUSTIN – The Supreme Court of Texas has upheld a state law which bans medical professionals from performing gender-affirming care for transgender youth, after previously overturning an injunction preventing that same law from being enforced.
AUSTIN - Fossil doesn’t have to defend itself against a lawsuit claiming the retailer “knew or should have known” about an accused sexual harasser the company fired soon after receiving reports of his misconduct, the Texas Supreme Court ruled.
AUSTIN - A Texas jury thought Roel Canales deserved $6 million for tripping over a pallet holding watermelons at the Pay and Save grocery store, but the Texas Supreme Court wasn’t buying it.
AUSTIN – The Supreme Court of Texas has reversed an appeals court’s prior ruling and declared that a 15-year statute of repose under state law absolves Ford Motor Company of liability, in a personal injury lawsuit brought against the auto manufacturer.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court recently found that two plaintiffs offered evidence that TxDOT intentionally destroyed their trees, remanding the inverse condemnation claim to the trial court for further proceedings.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court concluded on Friday that Attorney George Fleming has been “judicially estopped” from establishing an essential component of a summary-judgment motion seeking to dismiss malpractice claims over his handling of fen-phen litigation.
AUSTIN - The Supreme Court of Texas recently wiped a $12 million dollar jury award in a lawsuit over a collision with a tractor-trailer, finding that counsel for the plaintiffs crossed a line with “an uninvited accusation of discriminatory animus.”
AUSTIN - Whether Texas State University was timely served in a lawsuit alleging a woman was thrown from a golf has been left to a lower court to decide.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court concluded that the application of the Pandemic Liability Protection Act (PLPA) to a breach-of-contract claim does not violate a retroactivity clause in the Texas Constitution.
HOUSTON - A father recently petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to review Academy Sports + Outdoors’ summary judgment win in a suit asserting his daughter committed suicide with a handgun purchased from the store.
AUSTIN - Several attorneys general are arguing that if the Texas Supreme Court decides to allow a disciplinary action against First Assistant AG Brent Webster to continue it will “open the floodgates.”
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday held that a pre-suit mediation agreement does not apply to San Jacinto River Authority’s claims in a dispute over fees and rates.
