Legislative Issues Articles

The Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling on March 28, 2008 which helps bars avoid liability. In the case of 20801, Inc. v. Parker, 249 S.W.3d 392 (Tex. 2008), the Supreme Court reduced the elements a bar must prove when an injury is caused by a person to whom it serves too many drinks. Under…

As Election Day draws near, one can’t help but recognize, a note of particular importance to all candidates and political parties, that the Latino voters will play a pivotal role in out nation’s elections in 2008. With the Latino population ever increasing and for that matter, the Latino electorate, many candidates up for election come…

The Texas Supreme Court set oral arguments for December 11, 2008 in a case that is very important to the families of those injured and killed in Texas, including current clients of Abraham, Watkins. The case is Galbraith Engineering Consultants Inc. v. Sam Pochucha and Jean Pochucha. At issue is the limit of the practice…

The lawsuit of Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas, Inc. d/b/a Las Colinas Medical Center v. Hogue was a medical malpractice death case. In it, the hospital operated an emergency room without having an echocardiograph available on a “stat” basis. Further, it did not warn its staff and the doctors that there would be a…

In a recent case titled Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas, Inc. v. Athenahougue, the Texas Supreme Court has found another way to make it more difficult, if not impossible to recover monetary damages when your loved one is killed. Justice Wainwright wrote the opinion for the majority. The issue in the Athenahougue case was…

I recently wrote this paper on Section 18.091(a) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code because defense attorneys kept trying to force plaintiffs to bring an accountant to trial to testify regarding how much their lost wages would be after taxes. It has been a long standing principle that those injured by another party’s…