J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot) and Scott Sales Co. (Scott) supplied silica sand to Francisco Uriarte‟s employer, for use as sandblasting media. Uriarte filed suit against Simplot and Scott, alleging that the airborne toxins produced by sandblasting with their silica sand caused him to develop interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and other illnesses. Simplot and Scott successfully moved for judgment o

The trouble began when Michael Barrett, a Salt Lake County employee, helped a colleague pursue a sexual harassment complaint against her boss. The complaint was entirely warranted but some in management apparently didn’t like the publicity. According to Mr. Barrett, his superiors thought him a noisy troublemaker and began a campaign to have him discharged or demoted. After he was demoted Mr. Bar

After pleading guilty to the felony offense of false reporting, a former client sued the law firm that had represented him, asserting a claim for breach of contract and seeking forfeiture of attorney’s fees based on alleged breaches of fiduciary duty. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the law firm based on

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the grounds that (1) the contract claim, which was base

Today we decide whether an on-call Houston Police Department SWAT1 officer driving his personal vehicle to respond to a hostage stand-off situation is “responding to an emergency call” for the purposes of governmental immunity.2

1 Houston Police Department’s Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT) provides tactical support and assistance in high-risk operations and other emergency sit

In three issues, appellant, American Alternative Insurance Corporation (“AAIC”), challenges a judgment awarding loss-of-use damages in a total-loss case to appellee, J & D Towing, LLC (“J & D”). We reverse and render.

I. BACKGROUND

The crux of this case involves whether a chattel owner should be compensated for measurable loss-of-use damages suffered when the owner’s chatte

Appellant Jason Barnett appeals the trial court’s judgment in favor of appellee Charles Michael Havard Jr., which declared the scope of an easement and the respective rights of Barnett as owner of the servient estate and Havard as owner of the dominant estate. Barnett challenges the trial court’s interpretation of the express easement and the trial court’s dismissal of his trespass and negli

This is an interlocutory appeal. Azin Lotfi sued her employer, Cheniere Energy, Inc., claiming her employment was wrongly terminated; she also sued two officers of the company, Charif Souki and Greg Rayford, for tortious interference with her employment at Cheniere. Souki and Rayford filed a motion to dismiss

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Lotfi’s claims against them under chapter 27 of the Texas Civil Practic

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in imposing sanctions against appellant and his attorney pursuant to Chapter 10 of the Civil Practices and Remedies Code. We vacate the trial court’s order.

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BACKGROUND

The Real Estate Contracts

Sometime before April 2006, plaintiff, Gordon Westergren, conceived an idea to develop a rail-served warehouse devel

After the trial court resolved this case on cross-motions for summary judgment, appellant Patricia Cantu appealed the judgment entered in favor of the appellees, Frye & Associates, PLLC, Phyllis R. Frye, and Salvador Benavidez. In

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three issues, she argues that summary judgment should not have been granted as to her causes of action and that summary judgment should have been granted

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
(“MERS”), a subsidiary of MERSCORP, Inc., operates an
electronic mortgage registration system (“the MERS
System”). MERS is distinct from the MERS System. The
MERS System is a private electronic database that records the
ownership of and servicing rights in home loans. Various
financial institutions are members of the ME

In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, Appellant Packgen, a manufacturer of packaging products, sought to sell oil containment boom to Appellees BP Exploration & Production, Inc. and BP America Production Company (collectively, "BP"). Despite months of negotiations, BP ultimately decided not to purchase any boom from Packgen. Packgen subsequently filed a five-count complaint

John Erlach (appellant) appeals from a judgment of dismissal of his complaint against Sierra Asset Servicing LLC (Sierra) entered after the trial court sustained Sierra's demurrer without leave to amend. Appellant contends that it was error for the trial court to determine that his residential lease was void and that he was a squatter with no legal rights because a code enforcement notice (red tag

In this fraud case, the plaintiffs prevailed in their claims against a bank, the bank’s corporate agent, and the bank’s attorney, but the trial court granted judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the claim against the bank’s attorney on the ground that no evidence supported the liability finding. In arguments that we treat as cross-points, the attorney argues that the economic-loss rule an

Caroline Clore Block, Diana L. Faust, Elizabeth M. Fraley, Kyle M. Burke, R. Brent Cooper, Richard Clark Harrist, for Petitioners. Coury Matthews Jacocks, Matthew Sharp, for Respondent.

This Court has addressed the scope of the Texas Medical Liability Act on a number of occasions since its enactment in 2003. The Act requires claimants asserting health care liability claims to substantiate

This is an interlocutory appeal from orders denying motions to dismiss filed by appellants Matthew D. Barrows, M.D., P.A. d/b/a Dermatology & Skin Cancer Surgery Center (Barrows) and Melissa McAnally (McAnally). Appellee Suzette Carnes (Carnes) sued Barrows and McAnally seeking damages for injuries she sustained during an intense pulsed light (IPL) skin rejuvenation procedure. For the reasons that

Escalante’s Comida Fina, Inc. sued its former insurance agent, Houstoun, Woodard, Eason, Gentle, Tomforde and Anderson, Inc., d/b/a Insurance Alliance for breach of contract and violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act2 and the Texas Insurance Code. The breach of contract claim was based on the failure to procure an insurance policy with coverages requested by Escalante’s, and the DTPA

Helen Mayfield sued North Village Green I Homeowner’s Association, Inc., James Patrick Kennedy, and Duane T. Corley. Each defendant filed a motion for summary judgment, which the trial court granted. Mayfield identifies six issues on appeal.

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We affirm.

Background Summary

In 2002, a fire occurred at the North Village Green Condominiums. An insurance dispute a

Christine Lea Harbolt v. Heather Nicole Miller and The State of Oklahoma ex rel. The Oklahoma Department of Human Services

Issue # 1.
Issue: TORT- PERSONAL (TORTP)
Filed by: Harbolt, Christine
Filed Date: 01/10/2014
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Minor: Harbolt-Umphress, Kinlea Faith
Disposed: ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT, 05/29/2014. Judge.

Jeffrey Nix, Plaintiff, v. Coyote Customs, L.L.C., an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company, Andrew Macias, an Individual, Jason Conley, an Individual, and Lincoln Barr, an Individual.

Issue # 1. Issue: TORT- PERSONAL (TORTP) Filed by: Nix, Jeffrey Filed Date: 08/28/2012 Party Name: Disposition Information: Defendant: MACIAS, ANDREW Disposed: DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, 05/14/2014. Ot

Marissa Barker v. Southern Hill Residences, LLC d/b/a Seminole Ridge Apartments; D&S Management, Inc.; and Jason Lynne Hoover

Issue # 1.
Issue: TORT- PERSONAL (TORTP)
Filed by: Barker, Marissa
Filed Date: 01/03/2011
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: Southern Hill Residences, L.L.C.
Disposed: JUDGEMENT FOR PLAINTIFF, 05/13/2014. Jury Trial.

This is an action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, Pedro Rosales-Martinez, complains that he was unlawfully convicted and imprisoned as a result of violations of his constitutional rights. He alleges that the defendants, acting under color of State law, unlawfully suppressed the criminal history of a confidential informant who was the main witness against him, failed to produce

Certain technical state and federal regulations governing the removal of asbestos underlie the charges in this case. Asbestos is severely toxic, and “medical science has not established any minimum level of exposure to asbestos fibers which is considered to be safe.” 20 U.S.C. § 3601(a)(3). Its complete removal is therefore required by both federal and state regulations.

A. Federal Reg

¶1 Plaintiff/Appellant Jean Largen, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Paul Kanady, Deceased, seeks review of the trial court's order granting the motion to dismiss of Defendant/Appellee Wenco Energy Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation in Plaintiff's action to recover for the wrongful death of Decedent. In this appeal, Plaintiff asserts the trial court erred in dismissi

¶1 Brenda House (House) appeals a trial court order denying her motion to vacate an arbitration award and granting counter motions by Vance Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Inc. (Vance) and Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC (Ford) to confirm the arbitration award. She also appeals the trial court's order which sent the parties' controversy to arbitration, claiming she was denied due process by the trial court's

¶1 Decedent was allegedly engaged in drag racing while operating a motorcycle on the night of August 8, 2008. A police officer for the City of Stillwater attempted to stop Decedent. When Decedent failed to stop, several Payne County and City of Stillwater law enforcement officers pursued him. In the course of the pursuit, Decedent drove his motorcycle into the edge of a "T" intersection, resultin