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University of Texas escapes lawsuit from cyclist who was hit by car
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Texas ruled that University of Texas at Austin does have immunity in a woman's negligence case that stems from an injury she suffered while biking on campus in 2015.
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Texas Supreme Court tosses defamation suit against Dallas newspaper
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Texas has reversed an appellate court's ruling and dismissed a defamation case against The Dallas Morning News.
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Texas Supreme Court rules 'governmental immunity' in woman's drowning
AUSTIN — The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a court of appeals ruling and dismissed claims against the Tarrant Regional Water District made by the parents of a Fort Worth woman who drowned while trying to cross a Trinity River dam built and maintained by the district.
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Texas Supreme Court grants motion to dismiss in dispute between insurance company, law firm
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The Texas Supreme Court has conditionally granted relief to an insurance company and has directed a trial court to grant a motion to dismiss a law firm's claims in a legal malpractice case.
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Texas Supreme Court tosses defamation suit against Glassdoor for lack of jurisdiction
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – A lawsuit involving job website Glassdoor has been dismissed by the Texas Supreme Court.
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Texas SC rules insurance policy covers Anadarko Petroleum's costs of Deepwater Horizon litigation
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The Texas Supreme Court has reversed an appellate court's decision in a dispute over insurance coverage related to the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig accident.
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Texas Supreme Court reverses ruling in malpractice case over infant's birth injuries
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The Texas Supreme Court said in a Dec. 21 opinion that the parents of a baby born at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Denton must prove willful and wanton negligence under the Texas Medical Liability Act’s emergency-medical care provision in their suit against the hospital and a physician.
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Texas Supreme Court backs San Patricio County on property tax location dispute
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) -- Texas' highest court has ruled in favor of San Patricio County in a dispute over property taxes between two counties in the Corpus Christi Bay area.
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Texas Supreme Court rules city's single-use bag ban violates statute
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – On June 22, the Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling that affirmed the city of Laredo’s ordinance banning single-use plastic or paper bags by merchants violates a Texas statute, a ruling that could end the state-wide single-bag bans.
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TEXAS SUPREME COURT: Court OKS Final approval of Disciplinary Rules, including revisions for Investigatory Subpoenas
Among changes to amendments approved before comments in Miscellaneous Docket No. 18-9031
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Texas Supreme Court says it doesn't have jurisdiction in alleged Medicaid fraud case
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Texas affirmed an appeals court's decision in a case involving alleged Medicaid fraud, stating that it does not have interlocutory jurisdiction in the matter.
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Texas Supreme Court denies writ of mandamus in Xerox Medicaid case
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Texas denied a petition for writ of mandamus relief in an appeal involving Xerox Corp. and Xerox State Healthcare and allegations of Medicaid fraud.
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Texas Supreme Court overturns trial court ruling, denies same sex-couples equal state benefits
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The Texas Supreme Court recently affirmed a temporary injunction that prevented the City of Houston from furnishing benefits to the same-sex spouses of its employees.
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Supreme Court of Texas reverses ruling finding Exxon Mobile responsible for man's death
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Texas ruled on June 23 that Exxon Mobil was not at fault for the death of a man who was assaulted by a convenient store's employee.
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Texas Supreme Court grants take-nothing judgment in case of pipefitter injured in scaffolding fall
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – A scaffolding company has won a take-nothing judgment in a lawsuit over the fall of a pipefitter from scaffolding.
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Texas Supreme Court upholds Election Code in King Street Patriots dispute
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – The Texas Supreme Court on June 30 upheld the Texas Election Code's restrictions on corporate contributions in a dispute between two political parties.
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Texas Supreme Court rules university is a governmental unit in wrongful death case
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The Texas Supreme Court has issued a ruling regarding the University of the Incarnate Word, ruling that when it comes to law enforcement, it is a governmental unit because it has its own campus police force.
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Fifth Circuit clarifies four-year statute of limitation rule for home equity loans
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A four-year statute of limitations was the key factor in a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in an appeal concerning a home equity loan.
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Texas SC upholds part of lawsuit filed by church alleging lawyer took millions
The Texas Supreme Court upheld and reversed part of a lawsuit involving millions of dollars allegedly being taken from the First United Pentecostal Church of Beaumont by Leigh Parker, an attorney with Lamb Law Firm PC, after the church entrusted the money to the firm for safekeeping.