Supreme Court of Texas - March 2008 Opinion Summaries

Alfonso v. Skadden

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Family Law
Courts must indulge all reasonable presumptions favorable to a judgment under collateral attack; however, they cannot indulge a presumption that the...

Murff v. Pass

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a health care liability case, a court of appeals decision finding abuse of discretion by the trial court in refusing to disqualify challenged...

Hamilton v. Wilson

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a health care liability suit, the court of appeals judgment affirming the trial court's summary judgment is reversed where the court concludes...

O'Neal v. Ector County Independent School District

Administrative Law, Contracts, Education Law
Where Tex. Educ. Code section 21 expressly grants administrative jurisdiction to award damages in teacher contract disputes and affords the same...

City of Corsicana v. Stewart

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a premise defects case, a court of appeals decision reversing a trial court's grant of the City's plea to jurisdiction based on governmental...

Bushnell v. Mott

Injury & Tort Law
An owner of a dog not known to be vicious owes a duty to attempt to stop the dog from attacking a person after the attack has begun.

In re Bazan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
A petition for writ of mandamus is denied where Talamantez v. Strauss, 774 S.W.2d 661 (Tex. 1989), concluding a county officer could not be removed...

20801, Inc. v. Parker

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law
Under Tex. Alco. Bev. Code section 106.14(a), 1) an employer bears the burden of establishing that its employees attended certain training classes and...

New Texas Auto Auction Services v. Gomez de Hernandez

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case involving auctioneering of a defective car, the court of appeals decision holding an auctioneer could be liable for claims of strict...

City of Dallas v. Dequire

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Government Law
In an action arising under a breach of contract dispute for violation of the City's civil service rules and written Police Department policy, a court...