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.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed the certification of a class action lawsuit brought against American Campus Communities, which manages dozens of properties.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court held that ExxonMobil is an “insured” under an umbrella policy, reversing an appellate court ruling that found insurers were not obligated to reimburse the oil giant for a $24 million settlement.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed a ruling that found the Texas A&M University System has immunity from a lawsuit brought over a traffic accident.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a take-nothing judgment in a breach of contract lawsuit between Wal-Mart Stores and Xerox State & Local Solutions.
The Supreme Court of Texas finalized a form designed to assist individuals who need the help of the justice system to stop harassment via cyberbullying.
