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
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update May 29, 2018
Last week, the Texas Supreme Court issued five opinions and no grants. In one of these opinions, the Court addressed issues relating to the propriety of a broad-form negligence jury charge and the admissibility of expert testimony in the context of a...
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update May 18, 2018
This week the Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or grants. Please check back with us next week for a new update!
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update May 11, 2018
This week the Supreme Court of Texas released four opinions and no grants. In one opinion the Court addressed governmental immunity under the Texas Tort Claims Act in the context of an off-duty shooting by a deputy constable. In Harris County v. Lori Annab, an...
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...
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update May 4, 2018
Over the last two weeks, the Texas Supreme Court has released 10 opinions and 1 corrected opinions. For the world of personal injury, three of these opinions are of particular interest: (1) In Fort Worth Transportation Authority, et al. v. Michelle Rodriguez and New...
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...