HOUSTON - Back in March, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling denying the city of Houston governmental immunity in a lawsuit brought over a police officer’s automobile collision.
In the wake of the state Senate’s acquittal of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on allegations of corruption and unfitness to serve, former employees in the Attorney General’s Office are asking the state Supreme Court to lift the suspension of their lawsuit against Paxton.
AUSTIN - Earlier this month, the ridesharing company Lyft filed a petition for review in the Texas Supreme Court, telling justices they “should reaffirm the importance of agreed protective orders and put an end to the discovery abuse” transpiring in the case.
The Texas Supreme Court has sided with a Dallas car auction company in its embezzlement dispute with an auto dealership, concluding that when arbitration agreements are in place, arbitrators are generally required to resolve such disputes.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday reversed an appellate court that revived a lawsuit brought on behalf of a man who was injured while trimming a tree and died a month later.
HOUSTON - Last year, the 14th Court of Appeals concluded that a trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Lennar Homes of Texas’ motion to compel arbitration in a personal injury lawsuit.
The Texas Supreme Court has turned down a Texas energy company’s bid to shield its executive chairman from testifying in a legal dispute over a natural gas pipeline and processing transaction.
AUSTIN - The Texas Civil Justice League recently told the state’s highest court that if the retroactive provision of the Pandemic Liability Protection Act is struck down, untold thousands of Texans and their businesses could be targeted for litigation.
DALLAS - Last February, the Fifth Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling granting a motion to certify a class in litigation brought against the USAA Casualty Insurance Company.
"What a Difference a Day Makes” was recorded by singers including Dinah Washington and Dean Martin in the 20th century, but the sentiment also comes through loud and clear in a recent Texas Supreme Court ruling on energy-lease contracts.
HOUSTON – On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court held that the third-party testing entities hired by an employer do not owe a common-law negligence duty to their clients’ employees.
AUSTIN - Earlier this month, the Texas Supreme Court granted Honda’s petition to review a $26 million judgment levied against the car company over an alleged negligently designed third-row center seat belt in a minivan.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed an appellate court that affirmed an award of $15 million in non-economic damages in a wrongful death suit brought over an 18-wheeler collision, finding that “nothing in the record or in the plaintiffs’ arguments demonstrates a rational connection between the injuries suffered and the amount awarded.”
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a ruling finding that an arbitration agreement is unconscionable in an employment-discrimination lawsuit brought against AutoNation USA Houston.
AUSTIN – On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed the denial of special appearances by two out-of-state defendants in a lawsuit brought after a battery exploded in a vape and injured its user.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a judgment in a lawsuit because of a comment an attorney made during jury selection regarding an individual’s ethnicity.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme court allowed the state’s lawsuit against Volkswagen and Audi to proceed, reversing an appellate court and agreeing with a trial court that found the German vehicle manufacturers are amenable to specific personal jurisdiction in Texas.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court found that a lower appellate court erred by failing to apply a common-law default rule in a dispute over dozens of oil-and-gas leases.