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  • In Re USAA General Indemnity

    Publication Date: 2021-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Guzman
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    Case Number: 20-0075

    The insurer declined to participate in a jury trial to establish a motorist's liability and demanded a separate trial on its liability under an underinsured motorist policy.

  • Berkel Company v. Lee

    Publication Date: 2020-12-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bland
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    Case Number: 18-0309

    Respondent Lee's leg was amputated after a workplace incident caused by petitioner Berkel's superintendent Miller, who overrode a crane operator's decision to stop work when it became too dangerous.

  • Hegar v. American Multi Cinema

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
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    Case Number: 17-0464

    At issue in this franchise tax case was whether a movie theater may subtract film exhibition costs as a cost of goods sold when calculating its taxable margin under section 171.1012 of the Tex. Tax Code.

  • San Antonio v. Austin Bridge

    Publication Date: 2020-05-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bland
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    Case Number: 17-0905

    Petitioner hired respondent as its general contractor for a project involving repairs to the Medina Lake Dam and the contract went over budget.

  • Lockheed Martin v. Hegar

    Publication Date: 2020-05-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Lehrmann
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    Case Number: 18-0566

    In this franchise-tax dispute, the court was asked to decide whether Lockheed Martin's receipts from the sales of F-16 fighter jets, sold to foreign government buyers pursuant to U.S. government contracts, were properly sourced to Texas for purposes of calculating Texas franchise tax.

  • In The Interest Of RAO

    Publication Date: 2018-10-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
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    Case Number: 14-17-00043-CV

    The Office of the Attorney General and Appellee Barrera sought petitions to modify Appellant Ochoa's child-support obligation.

  • George Joseph v. Chenevert

    Publication Date: 2018-07-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Busby
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    Case Number: 14-16-00743-CV

    George Ackel owned appellant company, which in turn owned several commercial buildings and real estate.

  • Cooper v. Trent

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
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    Case Number: 14-17-00017-CV

    The appellant, Cooper, sued the assistant district attorney, Trent, who prosecuted her for murdering her father claiming Trent induced a witness to testify falsely during her criminal trial that Cooper had solicited the witness to kill her father and other tort claims.

  • Critical Path v. Cuevas

    Publication Date: 2018-04-09
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Busby
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    Case Number: 14-16-00036-CV

    Multiple plaintiffs were critically injured and one died from an explosion during a turnaround at a Tennessee refinery.