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Fair Market Value of Real Property Did Not Include Revenue Generated From Billboard Sign
The Texas Supreme Court recently reviewed an eminent domain, State v. Central Expressway Sign Associates, where the trial court excluded the state's expert report on the fair market value of real property because he failed…
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Welcome to Texas: Personal Jurisdiction Over Non-Resident Directors of Texas Corporations
By Byron Henry
The Dallas Court of Appeals recently all but held that a non-resident officer and director of a Texas corporation is subejct to personal jurisdiction in Texas. After reviewing the law…
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Verifications versus affidavits
When is an affidavit necessary rather than a verification? In Wimmer v. Hanna Prime, Inc., Hanna Prime brought suit against Wimmer on a sworn account. Wimmer answered with a verification…
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Jurisdictional Discovery: Don’t Jump the Gun on Depositions!
This blog entry comes courtesy of Cowles & Thompson's Melinda Newman: The Eastland Court of Appeals recently held that a trial court abused its discretion by refusing to hear a…
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Supreme Court Limits Entitlement to Attorney’s Fees
By Byron Henry
The Texas Supreme Court recently narrowed the right to attorney's fees based on uncontroverted evidence. The Court held that compentent, uncontroverted, unchallenged evidence of attorney's fees does not entitle a…
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Texas Supreme Court Addresses Attorney’s Fees as Damages
By Byron Henry
The Texas Supreme Court recently held that a malpractice plaintiff may recover attorney's fees incurred in a prior suit if those fees were proximately caused by counsel's negligence. In this…
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When does evidence of intent equate with causation?
In Aquaplex, Inc. v. Rancho La Valencia, Inc., the Texas Supreme Court appears to have equated intent with causation in a fraud case. Aquaplex sued Rancho for fraud. Aquaplex asserted…
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Electronic Discovery: Duty to Preserve and Produce Electronic Documents
A recent Dallas Court of Appeals case, MRT, Inc. v. Vounckx, provides some insights on electronic discovery in Texas. The case essentially involves two main entities: MRT, Inc. and…
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Lunch to Honor Chief Justice Linda Thomas & Monthly Dallas Bar Appellate CLE
The Appellate Law and Family Law Sections of the Dallas Bar Association are hosting a luncheon to honor outgoing Fifth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice Linda Thomas. The luncheon…
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Discovery of Net Worth Continues to Simmer
At least since the Texas Supreme Court's 1994 opinion in Transportation Insurance Company v. Moriel, questions of the right to discovery of a defendant's net worth information, the definition of "net worth", and…