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Texas Supreme Court Explains Defendant’s Responsibility to Name Responsible Third-Party Within Allotted Time

Texas’s Supreme Court recently considered a Texas personal injury case in which the defendant attempted to name another individual as a responsible third-party after the statute of limitations governing the plaintiff’s claim had expired. The court had to determine if the defendant should be allowed to bring in the third-party,…

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Federal Appellate Court Permits Texas Slip-and-Fall Plaintiff’s Case to Proceed

Recently, a federal appellate court issued a written opinion in a Texas slip-and-fall case that arose after the plaintiff slipped and fell in a Wal-Mart store. The case required the court to determine if the trial court was proper in dismissing the plaintiff’s lawsuit after granting Wal-Mart’s motions for summary…

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Court Determines Texas Plaintiff’s Workplace Injury Case Was Filed Too late

In a recent case, the state’s Supreme Court ruled against a plaintiff in a Texas workplace injury case. The plaintiff was employed by an energy company, where his employer and another energy company were drilling for oil. The incident that resulted in this lawsuit occurred when an employee of the…

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Texas Supreme Court Dismisses $2 Million Judgment for Submitting Improper Claim to Jury

Seemingly small decisions in a case can end up making or breaking a case. In a recent Texas construction injury case, the Supreme Court of Texas dismissed a $2 million judgment on appeal after the plaintiff submitted a negligence claim to the jury instead of a premises liability claim. The Facts…

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