Supreme Court of Texas - October 2009 Opinion Summaries

Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania v. Lejeune

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In plaintiff's worker's compensation case against his employer's insurance carrier, court of appeals' default judgment against the defendant is...

Chrysler Ins. Co. v. Greenspoint Dodge of Houston, Inc.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute involving liability policies insuring a corporation and its officers where the policies excluded coverage for...

City of Houston v. Trail Enter., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In plaintiff's inverse condemnation case, the court of appeals erred by rendering a money judgment against the city on mineral interest owners'...

Aquaplex, Inc. v. Rancho La Valencia, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In plaintiff's case arising from a joint venture dispute involving property development, court of appeals' judgment is affirmed in part and reversed...

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP v. Nat'l Dev. & Research Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In plaintiff's legal malpractice case, court of appeals' judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where: 1) there is legally insufficient evidence...

Unifund CCR Partners v. Villa

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Sanctions
In plaintiff's case against defendant-debtor for purchase of a credit card debt that was discharged in bankruptcy proceedings, trial court's dismissal...

Smith v. Trust

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
Trial court's judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded as Ragsdale v. Progressive Voters League, 801 S.W.2d 880 (Tex. 1990)does...

Miga v. Jensen

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies, Securities Law
In plaintiff's case against defendant arising from breach of an option agreement under which the plaintiff would have been entitled to buy stock in a...

Missouri Pacific R.R. Co, v. Limmer

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's wrongful death action arising out of a truck-train collision, trial court's ruling in favor of plaintiffs is reversed as it erred in...