| Decisions of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Civil Cases (Tex.App.- [14th Dist.] Houston) January 2007 |
Table of Civil Law Cases Decided January 2007 | Also see -> Criminal Cases add cases Mosqueda v. G&H Diversified MFG (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 31, 2007, pet filed (Seymore) [PI, workplace injury, workers comp, exclusive remedy, borrowed employee] Mosqueda v. G&H Diversified MFG (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 31, 2007)(concurring opinion by Seymore) Mosqueda v. G&H Diversified MFG (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 31, 2007)(dissenting opinion by Edelman) Lee v. Hasson (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 30, 2007)(Guzman) [oral contract, enforceability, investor, broker] Yadzchi v. Chesney (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 30, 2007)(Hedges) [condo association, unjust enrichment, conversion, fraud] In the Interest of L.M. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 30, 2007)(Seymore) [civil commitment of adult, mental health, psychoactive medication] Sydow v. Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPerson and Hand, (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(Hedges)[arbitration law, confirmation of arbitration award] Sharma v. Vinmar International, (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(Anderson) (temporary injunction appeal, accelerated) Separate opinion in Sharma v. Vinmar International (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(separate opinion by Guzman) HCAD v. CCH Parkhearterwood LTD (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam) (tax appraisal contest appeal, voluntary dismissal) In Interest of RAP, II (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(Yates) [termination of parental rights of mother, father custody] In the Interest of H.G.H. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(Anderson) [termination of parental rights] Zarzana v. Ashley (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 23, 2007)(Yates) (DTPA, counterfeit inspection sticker, auto law, fraud, negligent supervision) Harveston Securities Inc. v. Narnia Investments LTC (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007)(Frost) Warwick Towers Council of Co-Owners v. Sydow (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007, pet granted)(Edelman) Warwick Towers Council of Co-Owners v. Sydow (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007) (dissenting opinion by Seymore) BACM-2001 San Felipe Road LP v. Trafalgar Holdings I Ltd (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007)(Opinion by Justice Guzman) (commercial loan, breach of contract, statute of frauds) Tello v. Bank One, NA (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Seymore)(vehicle lease, DTPA, breach of contract, fraud] Liu v CiCi Enterprises LP (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Guzman) Dias v. Goodman Manufacturing Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Guzman)(employment THCRA discrimination, age, retaliatory discharge) In re TMI, Inc Trendmaker Homes (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Anderson) Ellwood Texas Forge Corp. v. Jones (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Fowler)(workplace injury, negligence) Mandell v. Mandell (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Hedges) [probate case law, breach of contract, attorney's fees, finality, preferential right to purchase] Heggen v. Graybar Electric Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Yates) [default judgment, sufficiency of service, defective service of citation) In re James Yost (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(per curiam denial) ================================================================================== Released Opinions January 31, 2007 Civil Causes Decided: Mosqueda v. G&H Diversified MFG (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 31, 2007)(Justice Seymore) Justice Seymore wrote a second concurring opinion in Mosqueda v. G&H Diversified MFG (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 31, 2007)(concurring opinion by Justice Seymore) Justice Edelman dissented in Mosqueda v. G&H Diversified MFG (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 31, 2007)(dissenting opinion by Edelman) Mosqueda v. G&H Diversified Mfg. L.P. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 31, 2007)(Seymore) (pet. filed and briefing on the merits requested - Tex. No. 07-0342) [PI, workplace injury, workers comp, exclusive remedy, borrowed employee] AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Seymore (Before Justices Edelman, Frost and Seymore) 14-04-00183-CV Guillermina Mosqueda v. G & H Diversified MFG., Inc. and Pacesetter Personnel Service, Inc.--Appeal from 281st District Court of Harris County (Jane Nenninger Bland) Mosqueda v. G&H Diversified MFG (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 31, 2007)(concurring opinion by Seymore) CONCURRING: Concurring Opinion by Justice Seymore Before Justices Edelman, Frost and Seymore 14-04-00183-CV Guillermina Mosqueda v. G & H Diversified MFG., Inc. and Pacesetter Personnel Service, Inc.--Appeal from 281st District Court of Harris County (District Judge Jane Nenninger Bland) Mosqueda v. G&H Diversified MFG (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 31, 2007)(dissenting opinion by Edelman) DISSENTING: Dissenting Opinion by Justice Edelman Before Justices Edelman, Frost and Seymore 14-04-00183-CV Guillermina Mosqueda v. G & H Diversified MFG., Inc. and Pacesetter Personnel Service, Inc.--Appeal from 281st District Court of Harris County (Hon. Jane N. Bland) Released Opinions January 30, 2007 Civil Causes Decided: Lee v. Hasson (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 30, 2007)(Guzman) (oral contract, enforceability, investor, broker) REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Justice Guzman Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Guzman 14-05-00004-CV Lanna F. Lee (fka Lanna Pai) and B. Lanna Inc. v. Theodore Hasson Et Al Appeal from 129th District Court of Harris County (name of judge not shown on docket) Yadzchi v. Chesney (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 30, 2007)(Hedges) (homeowner law, condominium association, unjust enrichment, conversion, fraud) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman 14-05-00817-CV Abbas Yadzchi, Et Al v. William S. Chesney, III, Et Al Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 4 of Harris County (Judge Roberta Anne Lloyd) In the Interest of L.M. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 30, 2007)(Seymore) (civil commitment of adult, mental health, psychoactive medication) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Seymore Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Seymore 14-06-00709-CV In the Interest L.M.--Appeal from Probate Court of Galveston County 14-06-00710-CV In the Interest of L.M.-- Appeal from Probate Court of Galveston County (Judge Gladys Burwell) Released Opinions January 25, 2007 Civil Causes Decided: Sydow v. Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPerson and Hand, No. 14-05-00877-CV (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(Hedges) (arbitration law, confirmation of arbitration award) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Seymore and Mirabal 14-05-00877-CV Michael D. Sydow v. Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Chartered--Appeal from 55th District Court of Harris County (Judge Jeff Brown) Sharma v. Vinmar International, No. 14-05-01088-CV (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(Anderson) (appeal of temporary injunction accelerated, interlocutory appeals) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Anderson Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman 14-05-01088-CV Ravin Sharma, Ashvin Dhingra, Amit Bansal, James Rew, Chemtrade Solutions, Inc., Yang Woo Chemical America, Inc., and J& J Chemtrading v. Vinmar International, LTD Appeal from 333rd District Court of Harris County (Judge not shown on docket) Separate opinion in Sharma v. Vinmar International (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(separate opinion by Guzman) Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by Justice Guzman HCAD v. CCH Parkhearterwood LTD (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam) (tax appraisal contest appeal, voluntary dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman 14-05-01266-CV Harris County Appraisal District and the Appraisal review Board of Harris County Appraisal District v. CCH Parkhearterwood Ltd., as The Property Owners and the Property Owners--Appeal from 55th District Court of Harris County (Hon. Jeff Brown) BDB Interests LC v. Arcadia Financial LTD (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(Yates)(no online opinion available) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Seymore 14-06-00055-CV BDB Interests L.C. dba Gulf Coast Nissan and Steve Blanchard Nissan v. Arcadia Financial LTD--Appeal from County Court at Law No 1 & Probate Ct of Brazoria County In Interest of RAP, II (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(Yates) [termination of parental rights of mother, father custody] AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Seymore 14-06-00109-CV In the Interest of R.A.P. II, a Child Appeal from 310th District Court of Harris County (Judge Lisa A. Millard) In the Interest of H.G.H. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(Anderson) [termination of parental rights] AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Anderson Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson 14-06-00137-CV In the Interest of H.G.H., a Minor Child Appeal from 300th District Court of Brazoria County (Judge K. Randall Hufstetler) Lovett Properties, LTD v. Enline Resources LP (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman 14-06-00558-CV Lovett Properties, LTD, and Atasca Resources, Inc v. Enline Resources L.P. and Texnrg Enterprises, L.L.C.--Appeal from 189th District Court of Harris County Pierce v. Hargo (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam dismissal)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson 14-06-00584-CV Orlean Pierce v. Joseph Hargo, Et Al Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County Cronen v. Gaw (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman 14-06-00677-CV Charles D. Cronen v. Hobart Gaw and The City of Houston, Texas Appeal from 295th District Court of Harris County Brackney v. Brackney (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Per Curiam 14-06-00760-CV Elisa Brackney v. Stephen Brackney Appeal from 328th District Court of Fort Bend County In re BP Amoco Chemical Co (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam) MOTION OR WRIT GRANTED: Per Curiam Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman 14-06-00778-CV In Re: BP Amoco Chemical Company and BP Products North America, Inc. Appeal from 212th District Court of Galveston County In re Lesikar (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam dismissal)(per curiam denial) MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman 14-06-00780-CV In Re: Woody K. Lesikar, as Trustee of the Woodrow V. Lesikar Family Trust of the Woody K. Lesikar Special Trust, and Independent Executor of the Estate of Woodrow V. Lesikar Appeal from 149th District Court of Brazoria County R.K. Ghingra v. Laguna Townhomes (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman 14-06-00904-CV R.K. Dhingra, Individually and as Trustee v. Laguna Townhomes Community Association of Houston, Inc.--Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 1 of Harris County In re Daniel James Sixta (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson 14-06-01108-CV In Re: Daniel James Sixta Appeal from Co Crim Ct at Law No 13 of Harris County In re Delinda Clingan (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman 14-07-00015-CV In Re: Delinda Clingan Appeal from 11th District Court of Harris County January 23, 2007 Civil Causes Decided: Zarzana v. Ashley (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 23, 2007)(Yates) (automobile law, DTPA, counterfeit inspection sticker, fraud, negligent supervision) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Seymore 14-06-00100-CV Sam Zarzana v. Donald Ashley and Charles Ashley d/b/a Meineke Car Care #10--Appeal from 190th District Court of Harris County (Hon. Jennifer Elrod Walker) Released Opinions January 18, 2007 Civil Causes Decided: Boots v. Progressive County Mutual Ins. Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 18, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman) 14-05-01233-CV Patrick Boots v. Progressive County Mutual Insurance Company Appeal from 61st District Court of Harris County Bailey v. Schneider (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 18, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman) 14-06-00249-CV Ray A. Bailey v. Stanley G. Schneider Appeal from 270th District Court of Harris County Ross v. Great Northern Aircraft Sales (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 18, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman) 14-06-00263-CV Billy B. Ross, II v. Great Northern Aircraft Sales, Inc. Appeal from 281st District Court of Harris County Challa, MD v. Hilborn (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 18, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman) 14-06-00777-CV Sarma Subrahmanya Challa, M.D. & Edward Manuel Pina v. Willa Jean Hilborn, Individually and as Representative of all Wrongful death Beneficiaries and as Representative of the Estate of Charles Allen Hilborn, Sr.--Appeal from 125th District Court of Harris County Abate v. Fire Insurance Exchange (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 18, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman) 14-06-00947-CV Nellie Abate and Larry Abate, as Representative and Legal Custodian of Nellie Abate v. Fire Insurance Exchange Appeal from 234th District Court of Harris County Potts v. Harris County District Clerk (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 18, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman) 14-06-01051-CV Patricia Ann Potts v. Harris County District Clerk Appeal from 11th District Court of Harris County In Re Strategic Impact Corp. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 18, 2007)(per curiam denial) MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam (Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Seymore) 14-06-01060-CV In Re: Strategic Impact Corporation Appeal from 280th District Court of Harris County In re Charles Willy Alpine Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 18, 2007)(per curiam denial) MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman) 14-06-01069-CV In Re: Charles Willy Alpine Appeal from 184th District Court of Harris County In re Joel Mallory (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 18, 2007)(per curiam denial) MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam (Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman) 14-06-01082-CV In Re: Joel Mallory Appeal from 189th District Court of Harris County In re Eugene Jelks (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 18, 2007)(per curiam denial) MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost) 14-06-01103-CV In Re: Eugene Jelks, JR Appeal from 185th District Court of Harris County January 16, 2007 Civil Causes Decided: None Released Opinions January 11, 2007 Civil Causes Decided: Harveston Securities Inc. v. Narnia Investments Ltd. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007)(Frost) (restricted appeal, default judgment, sufficiency of service) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Frost Before Justices Anderson, Edelman and Frost 14-05-00206-CV Harveston Securities Inc. v. Narnia Investments L.T.D. Appeal from 270th District Court of Harris County Dissenting Opinion by Justice Edelman In Harveston Securities Inc. v. Narnia Subsequent Texas Supreme Court opinion reversed the Houston court of appeals: Warwick Towers Council of Co-Owners v. Park Warwick LP, No. 07-0384 (Tex. Jan 25, 2008)(per curiam) (insurance law, sufficiency, effectiveness of notice of appeal in insured's name)(reversing court of appeals) WARWICK TOWERS COUNCIL OF CO-OWNERS, BY AND THROUGH ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY v. PARK WARWICK, L.P., PARK WARWICK INVESTMENTS, L.L.C., AND PARK HOTEL INVESTMENTS, L.L.C.; from Harris County; 14th district (14-05-00254-CV, 218 S.W.3d 149, 01-11-2007) Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 59.1, after granting the petition for review and without hearing oral argument, the Court reverses the court of appeals' judgment and remands the case to that court. Warwick Towers Council of Co-Owners v. Sydow (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007, pet. granted)(Edelman) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman (Before Justices Hudson, Edelman and Seymore) 14-05-00254-CV Warwick Towers Council of Co-Owners v. Michael D. Sydow Et Al Appeal from 113th District Court of Harris County Dissenting Opinion by Justice Seymore BACM-2001 San Felipe Road LP v. Trafalgar Holdings I Ltd 218 S.W.3d 137 (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007)(Opinion by Justice Guzman) (commercial loan, modification of contract, repayment agreement, breach of contract, statute of frauds) REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Justice Guzman (Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman) 14-05-00476-CV BACM-2001 San Felipe Road Limited Partnership Et Al v. Trafalgar Holdings I Ltd Et Al--Appeal from 133rd District Court of Harris County (Judge Lamar McCorkle) Buhman v. McGaughy (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007)(Guzman) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Guzman (Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman) 14-05-01215-CV Larry A. Buhman v. James Leigh McGaughy Appeal from 127th District Court of Harris County Reule v. Carreon (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman) 14-06-00163-CV Christine E. Reule v. Estelle Carreon, Juanita Winchell, Et Al Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 1 of Harris County In Interest of K.E.L. and K.S.L. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam [nonpayment of fees] (Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman) 14-06-00963-CV In the Interest of K.E.L. and K.S.L Appeal from 308th District Court of Harris County Ford v. Thane (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman) 14-06-00983-CV Florence Ford v. Amber Thane Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 1 of Harris County In re US Advisor, LLC (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007)(per curiam denial) MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman) 14-06-01086-CV In Re: U.S. Advisor, LLC Appeal from 400th District Court of Fort Bend County Released Opinions January 10, 2007 Civil Causes Decided: In re Emergency Consultants, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 10, 2007)(per curiam denial of mandamus) MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Hudson, Frost and Guzman) 14-07-00002-CV In Re: Emergency Consultants, Inc., James Johnson, Tom Zguris, and Mike Boyle Appeal from 80th District Court of Harris County Released Opinions January 9, 2007 Civil Causes Decided: Tello v. Bank One, NA (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Seymore) (vehicle lease, DTPA, vehicle lease, breach of contract, fraud, DTPA) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Seymore (Before Justices Hudson, Frost and Seymore) 14-04-00888-CV Pablo Tello v. Bank One, N.A.: Banc One Texas Leasing Corp Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County (Judge Gary Michael Block) Dissenting Opinion by Justice Frost TH Investments Inc. v. Kirby Inland Marine LP (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Fowler)(opinion not available on-line, withdrawn and superseded?) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler (Before Justices Hudson, Fowler and Seymore) 14-05-00204-CV TH Investments Inc v. Kirby Inland Marine L.P. Appeal from 269th District Court of Harris County TMI, Inc. v. Brooks (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Anderson) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Anderson (Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Anderson) 14-05-00604-CV TMI, Inc. d/b/a Trendmaker Homes v. John A. Brooks, Kimberly M. Brooks, Miklyn M. Provenzano, Aston B. Griffiths and Bernice M. Griffiths Appeal from 234th District Court of Harris County (Judge Tony Lindsay) Concurring Opinion by Justice Brock Yates Liu v CiCi Enterprises LP (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Opinion by Justice Guzman) (venue, motion to transfer venue) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Guzman Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman 14-05-00827-CV Frank M. K. Liu and Edward R. Perry, Jr., Individually and on Behalf of IV Pizza, LLC v. CiCi Enterprises, LP, Successor by Conversion to CiCi Enterprises, Inc. Appeal from 125th District Court of Harris County (Judge John A. Coselli) Dias v. Goodman Manufacturing Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Guzman) (employment law, retaliatory discharge, THCRA discrimination, age) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman (Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman) 14-05-00836-CV Donald Dias v. Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., Goodman Holding Company and Quietflex Manufacturing Company L.P Appeal from 269th District Court of Harris County (Judge John Thomas Wooldridge) In re TMI, Inc Trendmaker Homes (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Anderson) MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Opinion by Justice Anderson (Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Anderson) 14-05-00878-CV In Re: TMI, Inc. Trendmaker Homes Appeal from 280th District Court of Harris County (Judge Tony Lindsay) Ellwood Texas Forge Corp. v. Jones (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Fowler)(workplace safety law, injury, negligence) REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost 14-05-00909-CV Ellwood Texas Forge Corporation v. Bobby Jones and Kelly Jones Appeal from 151st District Court of Harris County (Judge Caroline Elizabeth Baker) Mandell v. Mandell (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Hedges) [probate law, breach of contract, attorney's fees, finality, preferential right to purchase] AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman 14-06-00031-CV David M. Mandell v. Jeanne Mandell, Joyce Field, and Susan Alexander, Independent Co-Executrices of the Estate of Sam Field, Deceased Appeal from Probate Court No 2 of Harris County (Judge Michael James Wood) Heggen v. Graybar Electric Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Yates) [default judgment, sufficiency of service, defective service of citation) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates (Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Seymore) 14-06-00058-CV Allen Heggen and Paula Heggen v. Graybar Electric Company, Inc. Appeal from 234th District Court of Harris County (Judge Reese Rondon) In re James Yost (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(per curiam denial) (temporary orders mandamus against Judge Eric Andell denied) MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Fowler) 14-06-01017-CV In Re: James Yost Appeal from 300th District Court of Brazoria County (Hon. Eric Andell, sitting by assignment) Released Opinions January 4, 2007 Civil Causes Decided: In Interest of J.R. and B.R. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 4, 2007)(Edelman)(no on-line opinion available) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman (Before Justices Anderson, Edelman and Frost) 14-05-01216-CV In the Interest of J.R. and B.R., Children Appeal from 314th District Court of Harris County ================================================================================== |
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