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HOUSTON - A father recently petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to review Academy Sports + Outdoors’ summary judgment win in a suit asserting his daughter committed suicide with a handgun purchased from the store.
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AUSTIN - Several attorneys general are arguing that if the Texas Supreme Court decides to allow a disciplinary action against First Assistant AG Brent Webster to continue it will “open the floodgates.”
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AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday held that a pre-suit mediation agreement does not apply to San Jacinto River Authority’s claims in a dispute over fees and rates.
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AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday reinstated a take-nothing judgment in a slip and fall lawsuit against Albertsons (Randall’s).
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HOUSTON - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday reversed an appeals court that affirmed Lennar Homes of Texas’ motion to compel arbitration in a lawsuit over an exploding garbage disposal.
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HOUSTON – The Texas Supreme Court recently issued a stay in litigation alleging that a man’s flight was interrupted by a slip and fall in a bathroom airport.
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AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court concluded that the consent of a retirement fund’s board has no bearing on whether a city of Dallas ordinance is valid and enforceable.
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AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reinstated a summary judgment win in favor of Union Pacific Railroad and Ezra Alderman Ranches.
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AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday reinstated a summary judgment victory for the defendant in a medical malpractice case over the alleged delayed treatment of a rattlesnake bite.
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AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court found that a trial court erred by granting Medina County’s plea to the jurisdiction in litigation over the sale of a property.
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AUSTIN - Oral arguments have been slated in Public Utility Commission of Texas v. RWE Renewables America, a case currently before the Texas Supreme Court.
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AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court addressed two questions certified by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, finding that the statute of limitations has not run out in litigation against Boeing over the alleged hearing loss of two flight attendants.
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AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court conditionally granted Liberty County Mutual Insurance’s writ of mandamus, ordering a trial court to vacate an order quashing deposition notices and levying sanctions.
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SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – Despite one justice opining that a city’s restrictions on food truck vendors “raises serious” legal questions, the Texas Supreme Court has denied the challengers’ petition for review.
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AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed an appellate court, finding that it erred in ruling that a provision in a land improvement contract was ambiguous.
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The Texas Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the State of Texas in its legal dispute against the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) over the district's mandate that its employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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A federal appeals could has certified a question to the Texas Supreme Court in an insurance claim for tornado damage.
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HOUSTON - Back in March, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling denying the city of Houston governmental immunity in a lawsuit brought over a police officer’s automobile collision.
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In the wake of the state Senate’s acquittal of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on allegations of corruption and unfitness to serve, former employees in the Attorney General’s Office are asking the state Supreme Court to lift the suspension of their lawsuit against Paxton.
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AUSTIN - Earlier this month, the ridesharing company Lyft filed a petition for review in the Texas Supreme Court, telling justices they “should reaffirm the importance of agreed protective orders and put an end to the discovery abuse” transpiring in the case.
