Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update September 16, 2016
This week the Texas Supreme Court issued no opinions and no grants. Check back with us next Friday to see if the Texas Supreme Court releases any new opinions.
This week the Texas Supreme Court issued no opinions and no grants. Check back with us next Friday to see if the Texas Supreme Court releases any new opinions.
In Brookshire Bros. v. Aldridge, the Texas Supreme Court clarified the test for when a spoliation jury instruction is appropriate. Since then, two cases have come before the Court on this issue, and in each case the Texas Supreme Court held that a spoliation...
This week the Texas Supreme Court issued no opinions and no grants. Check back with us next Friday to see if the Texas Supreme Court releases any new opinions.
This week the Texas Supreme Court issued no orders but granted 15 petitions for review including the petition for review of Pagayon v. Exxonmobil Corporation. This case is on appeal out of the 14th Court of Appeals and will address the scope of an employer’s duty, if any, to protect an invitee from the criminal acts of an employee while…
A jury in a Dallas County truck wreck case delivered a whopping $37,900,000.00 verdict on July 18, 2016, for a wrongful death action resulting from a wreck on an icy Texas highway in February of 2015. The case was originally brought by the decedent's two...
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.
The doctrine of ferae naturae is a common law defense limiting the liability of property owners for injuries caused by "animals of a wild nature or disposition." In Union Pacific Railroad v. Nami, the Texas Supreme Court examined this defense in the context...
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.
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.
On July 6, 2016, the 8th Court of Appeals in El Paso released an opinion addressing the $100K damage cap in expedited actions under TRCP 169. The "Expedited Actions" rule allows for certain cases to benefit from streamlined discovery and trial requirements...