Freshly returned from summer recess, the Supreme Court of Texas met in conference this week and issued one new opinion today involving the sufficiency of evidence for lifetime income benefits under the Texas Labor Code. Dallas National Insurance Company v. De La Cruz,...
The Case Lout v. Methodist Hosp., 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 6272 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] June 23, 2015). Background The Plaintiff Omega Lout sued The Methodist Hospital ("Hospital") when she slipped on water that had accumulated on the floor of the Hospital's...
Suarez v. The City of Texas City, Case 13-0947 The Facts The deaths of a young father and his twin daughters happened when they went swimming in the Texas City Dike, a man-made peninsula jutting into Galveston Bay. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the Dike...
This week, the Supreme Court issued no opinions, but did set one case for oral argument that we had previously analyzed in our Weekly Update on July 3: Williams v. The Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition, et al, Case No. 14-0776. The case is scheduled for oral...
This week, the Texas Supreme Court released no new opinions. The Court’s next Conference is set for Thursday, August 27. Check back with us next week to see if the Texas Supreme Court releases any new opinions. Best Regards, The Bassett Firm
Imagine pressing a button and, within minutes, a personal chauffeur arrives at your front door. Uber, the popular ridesharing app, has made this a common occurrence in over 300 cities spanning 58 countries worldwide. Users need only open the app on their smartphone,...
This week, the Supreme Court issued no opinions, but did accept one Certified Question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a high-stakes case brought under the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, reviewed below. Janvey v. The Golf Channel, Case 15-0489 The case arises out of a contract between the Golf Channel, Inc. and Allen…
In previous posts, we discussed how the Affordable Care Act may be the death knell of the common law collateral source rule, which prevents defendants from introducing evidence that a plaintiff's future medical expenses will be covered by insurance. At a minimum, the...
This week the Court released no new opinions, but check back next Friday where we will review any new decisions that the Court may release. Also, stay tuned for our final part in the three-part series on the Affordable Care Act, to be published in the Bassett Bulletin next Tuesday. http://www.thebassettfirm.com/blog. As always, we hope our analyses will prove useful…
This week the Supreme Court set six cases and reset one case for oral argument. We review each of these orders in this week’s edition of the Texas Supreme Court Update. BCCA Appeal Group v. City of Houston, Case 13-0768: In this Petition for Review, the BCCA Appeal Group, Inc. brought suit to enjoin enforcement of two ordinances enacted by…
