Supreme Court of Texas - November 2007 Opinion Summaries

In re McKee

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a legal malpractice case, a petition for writ of mandamus challenging a presiding judge's assignment of a judge to rule on a recusal motion in the...

Best Buy Co. v. Barrera

Class Actions, Contracts
In a class action suit brought against Best Buy to recover restocking fees deducted from returns made on certain returned merchandise, a court of...

Ogletree v. Matthews, et. al.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Under Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code section 51.014(a)(9), no interlocutory appeal is permitted when a served report is found deficient and an...

Montgomery County Texas v. Park

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
For a personnel action to be adverse within the meaning of the Texas Whistleblower Act, it must be material, and thus likely to deter a reasonable,...

Houston Mun. Employees Pension Sys. v. Ferrell

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit involving whether members of the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System (HMEPS) may bring a declaratory judgment action to declare their...

Mid-Century Ins. Co. of Texas v. Ademaj

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a class-action suit challenging the validity of insurer's recouping of a legislatively imposed fee from insureds, the decision in favor of the...

In the Interest of J.A.J.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Juvenile Law
In circumstances where the trial court has found a parent as conservator would significantly impair a child's physical/emotional development and that...

Bossier Chrysler-Dodge II, Inc. v. Rauschenberg

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Remedies
A court of appeals decision affirming an award of attorney's fees while reducing the trial court's damage award is reversed in part, as the issue of...

Knapp Med. Ctr. v. De La Garza

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement
A court of appeals' judgment, which affirmed a trial court's judgment for damages in contract and fraud arising out of an oral settlement dispute, is...

Sprowl v. Sprowl

Civil Procedure, Family Law
In a paternity suit, dismissal of mother's appeal for failing to file an affidavit of indigence "with or before" the notice of appeal, as required by...