Since being signed into law just five years ago, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (referred to as the Affordable Care Act or "ObamaCare") has been a hotly contested issue across the nation and its precise application has been subject to interpretation....
Month: March 2015
All you gotta do is say “uncontroverted 18.001 affidavit”?
The Case: Gracia v. Davis, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 1718 (Tex. App.-Dallas Feb. 13, 2014, pet. denied) Brief Facts: In May of 2008 Jesus Gracia rear-ended Curtis Davis. Prior to trial, Mr. Davis submitted 18.001 affidavits stating that he incurred $17,400.00 in past...
The Equalizer is Always the Last Resort
Wackenhut Corp. v. Gutierrez, --S.W.3d--, Lexis ________, Case No. 12-0135 (Tex. Feb. 6, 2015) In Wackenhut Corp. v. Gutierrez, the Texas Supreme Court, in a per curiam decision without argument, gave additional guidance on the application of the Court's new approach...