In recent years, Texas Courts have afforded increasing latitude in the use of Texas Rule of Evidence 1006, which allows for the use of a summary, chart, or calculation to prove the content of voluminous documents. The rule itself has traditionally been used to provide...
Month: May 2018
Challenging Inflated Medical Bills – New Texas Supreme Court Guidance on Relevance
In a recent opinion, In Re North Cypress Medical Center Operating Co., Ltd., the Texas Supreme Court allowed a Defendant to obtain information about a medical provider's insurance contracts and billing information in a dispute regarding the reasonableness of the...
Discovery of Electronic Devices – How much is too much?
As electronic devices have become more sophisticated, electronic record keeping has replaced paper record systems in many industries. In the context of litigation, this opens up a whole world of potential discovery and raises serious questions about the scope of...