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  • Hunter v. Ramirez

    Publication Date: 2021-12-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wilson
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    Case Number: 14-19-00718-CV

    Appellant, plaintiff in this motor-vehicle-accident case, challenged the summary judgment that the trial court rendered after she failed to file a response to defendant's motion for a no-evidence summary judgment.

  • In the Matter of RF

    Publication Date: 2021-12-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
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    Case Number: 08-20-00140-CV

    Pursuant to a plea of true, appellant was adjudicated delinquent for committing burglary with the attempted or actual commission of a felony, namely, sexual assault.

  • McMahans Flooring v. Morrison

    Publication Date: 2021-12-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Trade Secrets
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wallach
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    Case Number: 02-21-00077-CV

    This interlocutory appeal arose from the trial court's grant in part and denial in part of a temporary injunction.

  • Hegar v. Space City Management

    Publication Date: 2021-12-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
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    Case Number: 08-20-00229-CV

    Appellee runs a private, alternative lifestyle swingers club. On several occasions appellant comptroller's agents inspected the facility and indicated the club was not a sexually oriented business under the Code.

  • Lampasas Independent v. Morath

    Publication Date: 2021-12-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Education Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Triana
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    Case Number: 03-21-00010-CV

    In this case of first impression, Lampasas Independent School District challenged the district court's judgment affirming the Commissioner of Education's decision to allow the detachment and annexation of school-district territory.

  • December 10, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

    Opining on Sexual Abuse in a Nursing Home

    When a nursing resident is alleged to have been sexually abused and a lawsuit follows, a key person for plaintiff attorneys to retain is a competent expert witness. Naturally, that person must be properly credentialed and have the requisite experience. But there's more.

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  • Target Corporation v. DH Properties

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
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    Case Number: 14-20-00125-CV

    A prior owner of a tract of land sold the majority of the land for commercial development, but due to environmental contamination and ongoing remediation requirements concerning a small section of the property, the grantor severed the contaminated section into a separate parcel, excepted it from the transfer, and burdened it with a purchase option and easement rights in favor of the surrounding land.

  • Wood v. Wiggins

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Guerra
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    Case Number: 01-18-00630-CV

    A real estate investor, who sued a former partner in relation to a real estate contract and claimed the trial court erred, failed to show any reversable error on appeal.

  • Blair v. Blair

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
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    Case Number: 08-19-00304-CV

    Following a bench trial, the trial court entered a final decree of divorce that, among other things, characterized as community property a tract of land appellant husband had purchased prior to the marriage.

  • Burgess v. Allstate Fire

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kelly
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    Case Number: 03-20-00088-CV

    Appellant was injured when her automobile was struck by another driver.