Supreme Court of Texas - May 2002 Opinion Summaries

IN THE MATTER OF R.J.H.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
A determination on the admissibility of a juvenile's noncustodial inculpatory statements, made after a written confession was deemed inadmissible...

GULF STATES UTIL. CO. v. LOW

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Public Utilities
Court of appeals's deeming that a finding supported recovery under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), when the issue was not submitted to the...

IN RE HALLIBURTON CO.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
An arbitration provision between an employer and an at-will employee is enforced where employer sent notice of a new dispute resolution program to the...

KING v. DALLAS FIRE INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employer's alleged negligent hiring, training, and supervision constitute an "occurrence" under the terms of a commercial liability policy,...

EXXON PIPELINE CO. v. ZWAHR

Administrative Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
Admission of appraisal expert testimony amounted to harmful error where the appraisal expert impermissably relied on project enhancement in valuing...

COUNTY OF CAMERON v. BROWN

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Government Law
A causeway's particular characteristics, a large block of non-working streetlights, and defendants' own knowledge of danger to causeway users, give...

BD. OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO v. WENDE

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Government Law
A quarry company's preexisting leases establish nonconforming use rights under a city's development ordinances, so that residential zoning does not...

ROCOR INT'L, INC. v. NAT'L UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Without evidence that a claimant presented an insurer with a settlement demand within policy limits, which an ordinarily prudent insurer would have...

TEXAS DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. NEEDHAM

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under the Texas Whistleblower Act (Act), the Texas Department of Transportation (TDOT) is not an appropriate authority to which a public employee may...

GUADALUPE-BLANCO RIVER AUTH. v. KRAFT

Administrative Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to valuation of condemned property, an expert witness's real estate appraisal opinion, which used a judicially-approved comparable...