Texas Supreme Court | Eight Corners Rule
Texas Supreme Court Recognizes Northfield-like Exception to Eight Corners Rule Almost 20 years ago I stood before a panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing for an exception to what is commonly referred to among Texas insurance practitioners as the “eight-corners” rule. The eight-corners rule provides that…
Calculating Supersedeas Security
If a party to a lawsuit wants to appeal the trial court’s judgment, it has to post security in the form of a supersedeas bond to suspend enforcement of the judgment during the appeal. In Top Cat Ready Mix, LLC v. Alliance Trucking, LP, et al., the Texas Fifth District…
The Last Out: Coach is “SLAPPED” for suing baseball volunteers.
The last “out” was just made in our baseball anti-slapp case where a coach sued another coach and the president of the league for “ruining his reputation” stemming from events at a 7 year old’s baseball game (see prior entries here and here). After appeal, and reversal, the Trial…
Kid’s Baseball Coach Strikes Out in Defamation Suit – We’re Going to Extra Innings
In his recent post, my partner Brantley Saunders talked about a decision by the Fort Worth Court of Appeals in a case being handled by our firm. The case arose out of complaints made by parents about an assistant coach’s behavior at a baseball game – in a 7 year…