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'Land of Enchantment' in 'Hellhole': Part 2-New Mexico appellate judges failing to curb liability, report says
3/9/2010 4:55 PM By Kelly Holleran

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Most of the judges on the New Mexico Court of Appeals get a failing grade when it comes to the "expansion of liability," according to a judicial evaluation report.

Med-mal suit against ortho clinic to continue; justices reverse part, remand part
3/8/2010 2:00 PM By David Yates
A medical malpractice suit against Beaumont Bone & Joint Institute will go forward, thanks to an appellate decision partially affirming and reversing a lower court's ruling.

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Christus, Dubuis appeal rejected; medical expert report sufficient for now
3/4/2010 11:32 AM By David Yates
A lawsuit faulting two local hospitals for a 70-year-old woman's death will continue, as appellate justices recently ruled that it's too soon for a judge to "look beyond the four corners of (a plaintiff's) expert report."
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Justices of the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Top row: Judge Linda M. Vanzi, Judge Michael E. Vigil, Judge Roderick T. Kennedy, Judge Robert E. Robles, Judge Timothy L. Garcia. Bottom row: Judge Jonathan B. Sutin, Judge James J. Wechsler, Chief Judge Cynthia A. Fry, Judge Michael D. Bustamante, Judge Celia Foy Castillo

'Land of Enchantment' in 'Hellhole': Tort reform group calls New Mexico's appeals court 'pro-liability'
3/3/2010 10:45 PM By Kelly Holleran
To tourists, New Mexico's heavenly vistas make it the "Land of Enchantment," but to legal reform advocates, the state's appeals court makes it a hellhole.
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McKeithen

Appeals Court: Father had no duty to warn of adult son's abuses
3/1/2010 7:25 PM By Steve Korris
Ninth District appeals judges upheld an $11 million verdict against wildlife ranch owner Jason Newsom for abusing boys, but they reversed a $2.2 million verdict against his father for failure to warn the victims.

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Inmate strikes out twice with appeals court
2/22/2010 2:12 PM By David Yates
A Jefferson County inmate, who has filed more than four dozen lawsuits during his tenure at the Mark Stiles Unit, saw his case against several employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the University of Texas Medical Branch dismissed by appellate justices last Thursday.

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Davenport

Med-mal appeal moving forward with no briefs
2/17/2010 11:56 AM By David Yates
Two weeks from now, justices seated on the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals are slated to review a medical malpractice trial despite the fact that they have yet to receive any briefs related to the case.

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Justices agree landowners not responsible for roaming bull
2/10/2010 12:12 PM By David Yates
Last Thursday justices on Texas' Ninth District Court of Appeals affirmed a local judge's ruling to dismiss a suit over a stray bull against several prominent landowners.
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BISD, Heritage Society both considering appeal of South Park ruling
2/4/2010 11:56 AM By David Yates
Following a Thursday morning hearing to enter final judgment, both the Beaumont Independent School District and the Beaumont Heritage Society are contemplating appealing a local judge's ruling on the fate of South Park Middle School.

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Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital

Appeals court dismisses Baptist Hospital from med-mal suit, again
2/2/2010 1:15 PM By David Yates
For the second time in two months a local hospital has been dismissed from a medical-malpractice suit by appellate justices, and this time it also came away with attorneys' fees.

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Justices order release of jailed dad
1/27/2010 9:14 AM By
Montgomery County District Judge Frederick Edwards improperly sentenced a father to 180 days in jail for failure to pay child support, Ninth District appeals judges decided on Jan. 14.

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