AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court found that a trial court improperly denied defendant health care providers an offsetting settlement credit in a medical malpractice suit that resulted in a $14 million judgment.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court recently issued opinions in a pair of construction defect cases, finding that the minor children of parents who sued a homebuilder may be compelled to arbitrate their claims along with their parents.
AUSTIN - When a school district fails to meet statewide expectations, the Education Code authorizes the Texas Education Agency commissioner to assist in improving the district’s performance, the Texas Supreme Court recently opined.
AUSTIN – The Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied Jeff Younger’s petition for writ of mandamus in “a child-custody dispute involving twin boys, one of whom has exhibited confusion about his gender,” states an opinion concurring in the denial of the petition.
AUSTIN - A medical malpractice case over the alleged delayed treatment of a rattlesnake bite is currently before the Texas Supreme Court and has attracted the attention of several health care associations, including the Texas Alliance for Patient Access.
AUSTIN - Yesterday, the Texas Supreme Court directed a trial court to vacate an order allowing jurors to appear virtually in a pelvic mesh trial against Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon.
HOUSTON - The Texas Supreme Court has agreed with Kuraray America’s argument that an order requiring five employees to produce cell phone data in litigation over a chemical release was impermissibly overbroad.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court has concluded that a trial court clearly abused its discretion in finding that Auburn Creek did not establish good cause for examination in a $33 million suit over alleged carbon-monoxide exposure.
HOUSTON – Houston Baseball Partners recently filed a notice non-suiting Comcast and NBC Universal from a case in the Texas Supreme Court over the worth of the Astros when Jim Crane purchased the team back in 2011.
AUSTIN - The Texas Civil Justice League has sent a letter to Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court requesting that rulemaking be initiated to require some form of disclosure of the existence of third-party litigation funding agreements.
AUSTIN - Gov. Greg Abbott can appoint two substitute justices in the Volkswagen “dieselgate” case currently before the Texas Supreme Court, according to the high court.
HOUSTON – Whether a jury should decide the ballpark worth of the Houston Astros when Jim Crane purchased the team back in 2011 is now in the hands of the Texas Supreme Court.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a case challenging an arbitration provision in a contract between two offshore oil producers, Total E&P USA and MP Gulf of Mexico.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court denied an emergency mandamus action brought by Republican Party candidates seeking to remove Libertarian Party opponents in the upcoming November 2022 general election.
AUSTIN - A joint petition for mandamus filed in the Texas Supreme Court last month has garnered support from multiple groups requesting that justices not allow a forced virtual trial to go forward.
