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  • September 5, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Applying Patent Teachings in Products Liability Cases

    In a products liability design defect action, evidence establishing the defectiveness of a product is paramount to a plaintiff's case. Some jurisdictions require the plaintiff to bear the bur

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  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-03
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-02
    Court: Tex. Crim. App.
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    Case Number: PD-1575-07

    Price, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.OPINIONThe appellant was convicted by a jury for the offense of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a knife.a HREF="#D*fn1" NAME="S*f

  • Nautilus Insurance Co. v. Country Oaks Apartments Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-22
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Haynes, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-50652

    Before GARWOOD, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.Once again we address the scope of the absolute pollution exclusion in an insurance policy under Texas law. Concluding that the exclusion unambiguou

  • Kerlin v. Concepcion Sauceda

    Publication Date: 2008-09-02
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-29
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Harriet O'Neill Justice
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    Case Number: 05-0653

    Argued April 22, 2008JUSTICE O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE JEFFERSON, JUSTICE WAINWRIGHT, JUSTICE MEDINA, JUSTICE GREEN, and JUSTICE JOHNSON joined.JUSTICE B

  • Matthew R. Chiste, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, Plaintiff v. Hotels.com L.P., Defendants, 08 Civ. 10676 (CM)

    Publication Date: 2010-11-24
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Colleen McMahon
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    Case Number: 08 Civ. 10676 (CM)

    Cite as: Chiste v. Hotels.com L.P., 08 Civ. 10676 (CM), NYLJ 1202475218798, at *1 (SDNY, Decided November 15, 2010)District Judge Colleen McMahonp class="d

  • Porteous v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-08
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-07
    Court: Tex. Crim. App.
    Judge: Hervey, J.
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    Case Number: PD-0684-07

    OPINIONA jury convicted appellant of attempted capital murder of a police officer. We granted discretionary review to address the decision of the court of appeals that appellant was not entitled to

  • Mason v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-07
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-06
    Court: Tex. Crim. App.
    Judge: Meyers, J.
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    Case Number: PD-1373-09

    Meyers, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Price, Keasler, Hervey, Holcomb, and Cochran, JJ., joined. Womack, J., filed a concurring opinion. Keller, P.J., concurred. Johnson, J., dissent

  • Fresh Coat, Inc. v. K-2, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-08-23
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    Date Filed: 2010-08-20
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Justice Willett
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    Case Number: 08-0592

    Argued December 17, 2009This indemnity case concerns products-liability litigation in the residential construction industry. Specifically, we examine a synthetic stucco manufacturer's duty to indem

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-26
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-25
    Court: Tex. Crim. App.
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    Case Number: PD-0613-08

    Holcomb, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Keller, P.J., and Meyers, Price, Womack, Johnson, Hervey, and Cochran, JJ., joined. Keasler, J., concurred in the result.The court of appea

  • Hughes Wood Products Inc. v. Wagner

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Date Filed: 2000-05-25
    Court: Tex. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: O'NEILL
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    Case Number: No. 99-0074

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. This case presents a choice of law question. Plaintiff was injured while performing logging operations in