Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update July 29, 2016
This week, the Texas Supreme Court released no opinions and no grants. Check back with us next Friday to see if the Texas Supreme Court releases any new opinions.
Month: July 2016
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update July 22, 2016
This week, the Texas Supreme Court released no opinions and no grants. Check back with us next Friday to see if the Texas Supreme Court releases any new opinions.
Defective Design? No – Obvious danger, says the Texas Supreme Court.
In Genie Indus., Inc. v. Matak, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a jury's finding of a defective design based on the fact that the danger, which ultimately led to a worker's death, was open and obvious. In this case, the workers, prompted by on-site customer...
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update July 15, 2016
This week the Texas Supreme Court released no opinions and no grants; however, the Court released information on cases scheduled for oral argument in the next term. Three of these pending cases are of particular interest: On September 13, 2016, the Court will hear oral arguments in Brady v. Klentzman, a case involving a defamation claim. The Court will address…
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update July 8, 2016
This week, the Texas Supreme Court released no opinions and no grants. Check back with us next Friday to see if the Texas Supreme Court releases any new opinions.
5th Circuit Clarifies Department of Transportation Commercial License Medical Requirements and Their Impact on ADA Disability Discrimination Suits
In an Opinion issued in June 2016, Williams v. J.B. Hunt, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that dismissal of a commercial driver's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) discrimination claim was appropriate based on the driver's failure to establish a prima...
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update July 1, 2016
This week the Texas Supreme Court issued 4 per curiam decisions and no grants. The Court’s per curiam decisions addressed the following issues: (1) whether a company sufficiently invoked the judicial process to waive arbitration, (2) whether Texas is a proper forum for a case in which a shipping accident occurred in Mexican waters, (3) whether the condition of a…
