Supreme Court of Texas - June 2002 Opinion Summaries

EXCEL CORP. v. APODACA

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an employee's suit against his employer for negligence in failing to provide a safe workplace, evidence did not exist to support a jury finding...

COLUMBIA HOSP. CORP. OF HOUSTON v. MOORE

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
Prejudgment interest, assessed under subchapter P of the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act, is subject to the Act's subchapter K damages...

TELTHORSTER v. TENNELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suspect's suit against a police officer for injuries sustained during an arrest, the officer was entitled to official immunity where he...

D. HOUSTON, INC. v. LOVE

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Texas Dram Shop Act does not abrogate a commercial seller's common law duties as an employer to its employees and independent contractors; if an...

TEXAS DEP'T OF TRANSP. v. JONES BROS. DIRT & PAVING CONTRACTORS, INC.

Contracts, Transportation
An Administrative Law Judge applied the correct standard of a review(partiality, fraud, misconduct, or gross error) of a decision denying a...

BMC SOFTWARE BELGIUM, N.V. v. MARCHAND

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law
A foreign corporation's contacts with Texas were insufficient to create either specific or general jurisdiction, and evidence did not establish an...

STATE OF TEXAS v. GONZALEZ

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation, Government Law
A stop sign's susceptibility to repeated vandalism is not a "condition" under Texas Tort Claims Act section 101.060(a)(2) for purposes of determining...

BUTNARU v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
The Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code confers exclusive jurisdiction on the Texas Motor Vehicle Board to initially resolve claims and issues the...

SUBARU OF AM., INC. v. DAVID MCDAVID NISSAN, INC.

Contracts, Transportation
The Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code confers exclusive jurisdiction on the Texas Motor Vehicle Board to initially resolve claims and issues the...

TEXAS A&M UNIV. - KINGSVILLE v. LAWSON

Contracts, Government Law
If a government entity agrees to settle a lawsuit from which it is not immune (here a university faculty member's Whistleblower Act claim), it cannot...