Supreme Court of Texas - December 2006 Opinion Summaries

Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Texas Political Subdivisions Prop./Cas. Joint Self-Insurance Fund

Contracts, Education Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
A self-insurance fund composed of local political subdivisions does not enjoy governmental immunity against a fund member school district-s coverage...

Bed, Bath & Beyond, Inc. v. Urista

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought by a shopper at Bed, Bath & Beyond (BBB) who claimed he was injured by falling merchandise at a store, a court of appeals'...

Hallco Texas, Inc. v. McMullen County

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action claiming that a county-s denial of a variance from an ordinance prohibiting the location of landfills within three miles of a...

Hernandez v. Nat'l Restoration Techs., L.L.C.

Civil Procedure
A petition for review is granted and the matter is remanded for reinstatement of an appeal where the court of appeals erroneously dismissed...

Via Net v. TIG Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit brought by plaintiff against one of its vendors for breaching a promise to provide additional-insured coverage, a court of appeals decision,...

In re Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an appeal in an underlying product liability case involving a fatal car accident, a petition for a writ mandamus brought by Ford and Volvo to...

Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. v. Chapa

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A decision reinstating an award for plaintiff with modification in an action brought against a car dealer for breach of contract, fraud, and the Texas...

Brainard v. Trinity Universal Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
Uninsured/underinsured motorist (UIM) insurance covers prejudgment interest that the underinsured motorist would owe the insured in tort liability....

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Norris

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an action brought by an individual injured in a car accident to recover benefits under his underinsured motorist (UIM) policy, the court finds, in...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Nickerson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In the matter under review, the trial court erred in awarding plaintiff attorney's fees incurred during the trial since, per an opinion also issued...