Supreme Court of Texas - September 2008 Opinion Summaries

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. v. Sevcik

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a personal-injury suit arising out of a highway accident, jury award of damages is reversed and remanded where evidence of defendant's annual...

Davis v. Fisk Elec. Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment-discrimination suit alleging that defendant terminated plaintiff based on his race, affirmation of denial of plaintiff's Batson...

Texas v. Dawmar Partners, Ltd.

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit arising from the condemnation of land for a highway project, judgment of damages for the value of land taken and diminished value of the...

Sacks v. Haden

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
In a dispute over an attorney's fee in a federal appellate representation, reversal of summary judgment for plaintiff-attorney is reversed where a...

Adams v. YMCA of San Antonio

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a negligent-hiring case against a summer camp whose employee sexually abused a camper, reversal of jury's award of damages for future mental...

Martinez-Partido v. Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hosp.

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice case, reversal of a finding that plaintiff's required expert reports were adequate is vacated and remanded for consideration...

Unauthorized Practice of Law Comm. v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
In an action for a declaratory judgment that an insurance company could use its staff legal counsel to represent its insureds, motion for rehearing is...