Justice David Medina AUSTIN � A district judge somehow carried out an appellate court order to hold a trial about a church without mixing religion into it, but now the Texas Supreme Court tells him he shouldn't have held a trial about a church at all.
AUSTIN � The Texas Supreme Court wiped out a Cameron County jury verdict that skirted a state law prohibiting recovery for personal injury when most of the blame lies with the victim.
Judge Judith Wells AUSTIN � Tarrant County District Judge Judith Wells improperly ignored a mother's objection when she awarded grandparents three days a month with the woman's 7-year-old child, the Texas Supreme Court decided June 27.
As we celebrate Independence Day this year, we can also celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's recognition that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms.
AUSTIN � Harris County District Judge Caroline Baker improperly held an individual liable for a $2.5 million default judgment against a partnership, the Texas Supreme Court ruled June 13.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN - Hector Hernandez signed equipment leases stating he would file any lawsuit about them in Pennsylvania, and the Texas Supreme Court has held him to that.
Justice Scott Brister AUSTIN � General Electric Company bears no liability for injuries a contractor suffered when his bungee cord broke and he fell from a loading ramp at a GE warehouse, the Texas Supreme Court ruled June 13.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Atofina Petrochemicals, which paid $5.75 million to the family of a man who drowned in oil at its refinery in Port Arthur, can recover every penny of it from Evanston Insurance Company, the Texas Supreme Court ruled June 13.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � For the third time in three weeks the Texas Supreme Court flexed its new mandamus muscle to prevent a medical malpractice trial, but in a fourth case the justices sent a signal that they won't exercise their new power automatically.
Fred Raschke, TADC executive director On June 5, the Texas Association of Defense Counsel offered an Amicus Brief to the Texas Supreme Court asking it to reconsider its recent decision in Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee v. American Home Assurance Company, Inc.
Judge Floyd A few weeks ago, Judge Donald Floyd granted plaintiff's attorney Glen Morgan's motion for a new trial against DuPont. Morgan claimed the jury must have gotten the verdict in favor of the chemical company wrong since the trial evidence showed so overwhelmingly that the plaintiff's mesothelioma was caused by his exposure to asbestos while working at DuPont.
AUSTIN � Three justices on the Texas Supreme Court agreed with the other six that the state lacked evidence to take boys and little girls from their parents at the Yearning for Zion Ranch. The three believe, however, that the state did act properly when it removed pubescent girls from the ranch near Eldorado.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Emergency room doctors who released 21-year-old Lance Dowell to his family after stitching a wrist he had cut with a pocket knife didn't cause his death in a successful suicide the next day, the Texas Supreme Court decided May 23.
Greg Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has more than $7 million in campaign cash, raising speculation that the Republican might be considering a run for higher office.
Justice Scott Brister AUSTIN � Just as owners of professional football teams discarded tradition by deciding they could halt a game to review a ruling, justices of the Texas Supreme Court have discarded tradition by deciding they can halt court proceedings to review a ruling.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Kenneth Reed's motorcycle wiped out on a 2-inch drop between lanes on a Dallas roadway, but according to the Texas Supreme Court he can't hold the city liable for injuries he suffered.
A Texas appeals court overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against the drug maker Merck & Company in a case involving its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
AUSTIN(Legal Newsline)-A bevy of opinions issued last year by the Texas Supreme Court were written anonymously, so voters have no way of knowing where particular justices stand on many cases, a watchdog group says.