Decisions of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston
November 2007
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NOTEWORTHY NOVEMBER 2007 OPINIONS IN CIVIL CASES

Williams v. Williams (Tex.App.- Houston [Nov. 29, 2007)(Fowler)(divorce litigation, prenuptial agreement)
Edelman dissented in Williams v. Williams (Tex.App. - Houston [14th Dist.] Nor. 29, 2007)
Wilson-Everett v. Christus St. Joseph (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(Edelman)(HCLC,
expert report,
constitutional challenge)
Frost concurred in Wilson-Everett v. Christus St. Joseph (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 29,
2007)(Concurring Opinion by Justice Frost)
Resource Health Services v. Acucare Health Strategies (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 29,
2007)(Frost)(
domestication and enforcement of foreign judgment, no judgment attached, DWOJ)
Looper v. HCCS (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(Hedges)(public employment, BoC,
defamation, IIED,  Whistleblower Act, WBA)
Cain v. Cain (Tex.App - Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(Anderson)(divorce, SAPCR alcohol)
Cantu-Garciz v. Epernay Community ( (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(per
curiam)(untimely notice of appeal, DWOJ)
Wilson v. Braeburn Presbyterian Church (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 27, 2007)(by
Edelman)(premises liability, slip and fall)
Justice Yates wrote concurring opinion
FInley v. U-Haul Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 20, 2007)(Edelman)(negligence, forseeability)
The Landing Council of Co-Owners v. Durham (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 20,
2007)(Seymore)(
DTPA, jury, exemplary damages award deleted)
Anglo-Dutch Petro Int. Inc. v. Smith (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 20, 2007)(Edelman)(breach of
contract, BoFD, fiduciary duty, fraud, exemplary damages)
In Re: Ashley Paige Benton (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 16, 2007)(Guzman)(first amendment,
free speech, gag order in teen's murder case undone by mandamus)
Loewe v. Trammell Crow Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(plurality opinion by
Edelman)(
commercial lease, DTPA, fraud)
McCoy v. North Forest ISD (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(per curiam)(motion to
reinstate, appellate time-table, DWOJ)
Galveston ISD v. Jaco (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Hedges)(public employment, ILA
not authorized, DWJO)
Lively v. Henderson (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 13, 2007)(Anderson)(BoC, BoFD, release)
Dunaway v. Dunaway (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 13, 2007)(Anderson)(divorce law, indefinite
spousal maintenance)
In Interest of S.R.L (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 8, 2007)(Yates)(termination of parental rights
reversed)
In Re Studio 8 Floors & Walls, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 8, 2007)(per curiam)(arbitration
mandamus)
Simplified Development Corp. v. Garfield (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 6,
2007)(Anderson)(
employment law, breach of contract)
Smith v. TDCJ (Tex.App.- Houston -14th Dist.] Nov. 6, 2007)(Hedges)(governmental entity law, wrongful
death, electrocuted inmate,
TTCA, sovereign immunity bars claim)
Casarez v. Alltec Construction Co., Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 6,
2007)(Anderson)(
construction law, breach of contract, prior breach by plaintiff, excuse, DTPA)
Patel v. Williams (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 6, 2007)(Seymore)(HCLC, medical malpractice,
sufficiency of expert report)
AVCO Corp. v. Interstate Southwest (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Guzman)(commercial
law, standing, capacity, indemnity, declaratory judgment, proof of actual damages)
Elloway v. Pate (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Hudson)(biz org law, shareholder class
action, BoFD, standing)
In Re Igloo Products Corp. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Frost)(arbitration mandamus
denied)
McMenemy v. Holden (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Guzman)(HCLC, expert report)
De Vries v. De Vries (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(per curiam)(joint motion to reverse
and remand granted)

DETAILS FOR CASE DECIDED BY THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
IN NOVEMBER 2007

November 2007

November 29, 2007

Civil Causes Decided:

Williams v. Williams (Tex.App.- Houston [Nov. 29, 2007)(Fowler)(divorce, prenuptial agreement)
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED & REMANDED IN PART: Opinion by Justice Fowler
Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost
14-05-00975-CV Mona Ellen Williams v. Billy Jack Williams
Appeal from 328th District Court of Fort Bend County (Hon. Ronald R. Pope)
Edelman dissented in Williams v. Williams (Tex.App. - Houston [14th Dist.] Nor. 29, 2007)(Dissent by
Edelman)(prenup, separate or community property)
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED & REMANDED IN PART: Dissenting Opinion by Justice Edelman
Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost
14-05-00975-CV Mona Ellen Williams v. Billy Jack Williams
Appeal from 328th District Court of Fort Bend County (Hon. Ronald R. Pope)

Wilson-Everett v. Christus St. Joseph (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(Edelman)
(
HCLC, expert report, constitutional challenge)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost
14-05-00999-CV Mercedes Wilson-Everett, Individually and as Respresentative of the Estate of Ruby J.
Wilson, deceased v. Christus St. Joseph, Jeff Webster, Edith Irby Jones, LaKisha Hose, Mariamme
Kurian, Laura Fortin, Sophie Meyers, Nedra Thomas and Laura Flint
Appeal from Probate Court No 1 of Harris County
Frost concurred in Wilson-Everett v. Christus St. Joseph (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 29,
2007)(Concurring Opinion by Justice Frost)
Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost
14-05-00999-CV Mercedes Wilson-Everett, Individually and as Respresentative of the Estate of Ruby J.
Wilson, deceased v. Christus St. Joseph, Jeff Webster, Edith Irby Jones, LaKisha Hose, Mariamme
Kurian, Laura Fortin, Sophie Meyers, Nedra Thomas and Laura Flint
Appeal from Probate Court No 1 of Harris County (name of judge not shown)

Resource Health Services v. Acucare Health Strategies (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 29,
2007)(Frost)(
domestication and enforcement of foreign judgment, no judgment attached, DWOJ)
DISMISSED: Opinion by Justice Frost
Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Frost
14-06-00849-CV Resource Health Services, Inc. v. Acucare Health Strategies, Inc.
Appeal from 269th District Court of Harris County (
Hon. John Thomas Wooldridge)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam (untimely notice of appeal, DWOJ)
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-06-00982-CV
Germaine James v. Westbury Manor
Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 1 of Harris County (Judge R. Jack Cagle)

Looper v. HCCS (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(Hedges)(government entities, public
employment, breach of contract, BoC, defamation, IIED,  Whistleblower Act, WBA)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Hudson and Frost
14-07-00040-CV Stan H. Looper and Cynthia M. Scott v. Houston Community College System, Bruce
Leslie, Diana Castillo, and Reynaldo Garay
Appeal from 152nd District Court of Harris County (
Hon. Ken P. Wise)

Cain v. Cain (Tex.App - Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(Anderson)(divorce, SAPCR alcohol)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00115-CV Carla Ruth Cain v. Anthony Wilfred Cain
Appeal from 25th District Court of Colorado County (Hon. Dwight E. Peschel)

UTHSCH v. The Estate of Joseph (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(per curiam)
DISMISSED: Per Curiam (settlement, joint motion to dismiss)
Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman
14-07-00224-CV
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston v. The Estate of Joseph
Edward Ewton, Krista Marie Coma (F/K/A Kristi Coma Ewton), Next Friend and Parent of the Minor Child,
K.M.C., L.W., and T.J.E--Appeal from 280th District Court of Harris County (Hon Tony Lindsay)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam (untimely notice of appeal, DWOJ)
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00340-CV
Germaine James v. Creekbend Apts.
Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County (
Hon. J. L. Smith)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam (settlement)
Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman
14-07-00614-CV
Jimmy Proctor and Mainland Medical Center Auxiliary, Inc. d/b/a Mainland Medical
Center v. Kay Jeffers, as Representative of the Estate of Hattie Mae Sarver
Appeal from 122nd District Court of Galveston County (Hon. John A. Ellisor JR.)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman
14-07-00632-CV
Cedric Stepphon Colquitt v. Jay C. Berrospe
Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County (Hon. Jacqueline Lucci-Smith)  

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00766-CV
Domingo Torres v. Michelle Elaine Torres
Appeal from 328th District Court of Fort Bend County (Hon. Ronald R. Pope)

Cantu-Garciz v. Epernay Community ( (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(per
curiam)(untimely notice of appeal, DWOJ)
DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before )
14-07-00862-CV Otoniel De Jesus Cantu-Garcia a/k/a Tony Cantu v. Epernay Community, Et al
Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County (
Hon. Jacqueline Lucci-Smith)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam (mandamus denied in criminal case; jury)
Before Chief Justice Hedges
14-07-00964-CV
In Re Andre Chamblias--Appeal from 177th District Court of Harris County

CURT F. STEIB
DISMISSED:  (Before )
14-07-00968-CV Hobby Abshier v. Andrea Beck--Appeal from 308th District Court of Harris County

November 27, 2007

Civil Causes Decided:

Wilson v. Braeburn Presbyterian Church (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 27, 2007)(by
Edelman)(
premises liability, slip and fall)
REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore
14-06-00215-CV Johnnie Wilson v. Braeburn Presbyterian Church
Appeal from 80th District Court of Harris County (
Hon. Kent Sullivan)

Justice Yates wrote concurring opinion in Wilson v. Braeburn Presbyterian Church (Tex.App.- Houston
[14th Dist.] Nov. 27, 2007)(Yates)
CONCURRING: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates
Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore
14-06-00215-CV Johnnie Wilson v. Braeburn Presbyterian Church
Appeal from 80th District Court of Harris County (Hon.
Kent Sullivan, District Judge)

November 20, 2007

Civil Causes Decided:

FInley v. U-Haul Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 20, 2007)(Edelman)(negligence, forseeability)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost
14-05-01161-CV Allene Finley, Administratrix of the Estate of John Finley, Deceased v. U-Haul Co. of
Arizona and U-Haul Co. of Texas
Appeal from 55th District Court of Harris County (
Hon. Jeff Brown)

The Landing Council of Co-Owners v. Durham (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 20,
2007)(Seymore)(
DTPA, jury, exemplary damages award deleted)
AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED: Opinion by Justice Seymore
Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman
14-06-00417-CV The Landing Council of Co-Owners v. James B. Durham and Mary Lou Durham
Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County (
Judge Gary Michael Block)

Anglo-Dutch Petro Int. Inc. v. Smith (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 20, 2007)(Edelman)(breach of
contract, BoFD, fraud, exemplary damages, economic loss rule, double recovery)
AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman
14-06-00580-CV Anglo-Dutch Petroleum International, Inc., Anglo-Dutch (Tenge) LLC, and Scott Van
Dyke v. Forest Hunter Smith
Appeal from 133rd District Court of Harris County (
Hon. Lamar McCorkle)

November 16, 2007

In Re: Ashley Paige Benton (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 16, 2007)(Opinion by Justice Guzman)
(
constitutional law, first amendment, free speech, Gag order in teen's murder trial set aside by
mandamus)
(Before Justices Hudson, Fowler and Guzman)
Appeal from 177th District Court of Harris County
Disposition: Mandamus relief granted; district court judge ordered to vacate gag order
Mandamus petition from the 177th Criminal District Court (Hon. Devon Anderson)

November 15, 2007

Civil Causes Decided:

Loewe v. Trammell Crow Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(plurality opinion by
Edelman)(
commercial lease, rescission, misrepresentation, nondisclosure, DTPA, fraud)
SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Edelman
Before Justices Brock Yates, Edelman and Seymore
14-06-00971-CV Jeanenne Loewe, Individually, and d/b/a The Elite Salon of 1960 v. Trammell Crow
Company and Trammell Crow Houston, Ltd.
Appeal from 334th District Court of Harris County (
Hon. Sharon McCally)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam (case order to mediation and dismissed pursuant to settlement)
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00214-CV David A. Fettner v. Aftermath, Inc., Christopher Wilson, Timothy Reifsteck, and Gurney
F. Pearsall, Jr.--Appeal from County Court at Law No 2 of Galveston County (Judge C. G. Dibrell III)

Galveston ISD v. Jaco (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Hedges)(public employment, ILA
dismissed DWOJ, arguments advanced by ISD in motion for summary judgment are not jurisdictional)
DISMISSED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00313-CV Galveston Independent School District v. Brent Jaco
Appeal from 56th District Court of Galveston County (Hon. Lonnie Cox)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam (nonpayment of fees)
Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman
14-07-00488-CV
Joseph Samuel Young v. Phyllis Hill Young--Appeal from 308th District Court of Harris
County (judge not shown on docket)

McCoy v. North Forest ISD (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 15,2 007)(per curiam)(motion to
reinstate, appellate time-table, DWOJ, worker's comp., void judgment, attorney's standing to file appeal)
DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore)
14-07-00523-CV Barney L. McCoy v. North Forest independent School District and Janice Jackson
Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 3 of Harris County (
Hon. Linda Storey)

MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam (mandamus against clerk denied)
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Frost
14-07-00828-CV
In Re: Kenneth Sherman
Appeal from 263rd District Court of Harris County


November 13, 2007

Civil Causes Decided:

Lively v. Henderson (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 13, 2007)(Anderson)(BoC, BoFD, standing,
release)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson
14-05-01229-CV Bruce R. Lively v. J. Randle Henderson, Individually and as a Partner in Henderson &
Hammon, L.L.P.
Appeal from
151st District Court of Harris County (judge's name not shown)

Dunaway v. Dunaway (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 13, 2007)(Anderson)(divorce law, indefinite
spousal maintenance)
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED & REMANDED IN PART: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-06-01042-CV Mavis Clifton Dunaway v. Susan Dawn Dunaway
Appeal from 308th District Court of Harris County (The Honorable Bob Newey)

MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam (mandamus denied)
Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman
14-07-00796-CV
In Re Bruce Kees
Appeal from 178th District Court of Harris County

November 8, 2007

Civil Causes Decided:

In Interest of S.R.L (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 8, 2007)(Yates)(termination of parental rights
reversed)
REVERSED AND RENDERED IN PART AND REMANDED IN PART: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates
Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman
14-06-00659-CV In the Interest of S.R.L., and L.L., Children
Appeal from 387th District Court of Fort Bend County (Hon. Robert J. Kern)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Frost
14-07-00543-CV Quality Infusion Care, Inc. v. Bandana Trading, Inc.--Appeal from 152nd District Court of
Harris County

In Re Studio 8 Floors & Walls, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 8, 2007)(per curiam)(arbitration
mandamus)
MOTION OR WRIT GRANTED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00764-CV In Re: Studio 8 Floors & Walls, Inc
Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 4 of Harris County (
Roberta Anne Lloyd)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Frost
14-07-00819-CV Waverly R. Nolley and Pamela Nolley v. The CTI Group/Consumer Finance Inc--Appeal
from 164th District Court of Harris County

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Frost
14-07-00861-CV Harris County Hospital District d/b/a Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital v. Yessica
Sosa and Conrado Godinez, Individually and as Representatives of the Estate of Genesis
Godinez--Appeal from 113th District Court of Harris County


November 6, 2007

Civil Causes Decided:

Simplified Development Corp. v. Garfield (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 6,
2007)(Anderson)(
employment law, breach of contract)
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED & REMANDED IN PART: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-06-00526-CV Simplified Development Corp. and James P. Cashiola v. John Garfield
Appeal from 295th District Court of Harris County (
Hon. Tracy Kee Christopher)

Smith v. TDCJ (Tex.App.- Houston -14th Dist.] Nov. 6, 2007)(Hedges)(governmental entity law, wrongful
death, electrocuted inmate, TTCA, sovereign immunity bars claim)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00064-CV Alice Smith, Individually and on behalf of Donald Ray Smith, Deceased v. Texas
Department of Criminal Justice
Appeal from 412th District Court of Brazoria County (Hon. W. Edwin Denman)

Casarez v. Alltec Construction Co., Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 6,
2007)(Anderson)(
construction law, breach of contract, prior breach by plaintiff, excuse, DTPA)
REVERSED AND RENDERED IN PART AND REMANDED IN PART: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00068-CV Rueben and Nicole Casarez v. Alltec Construction Co., Inc.
Appeal from 55th District Court of Harris County (
Hon. Jeff Brown)

Patel v. Williams (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 6, 2007)(Seymore)(HCLC, medical malpractice,
sufficiency of expert report)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Seymore
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00328-CV Anil B. Patel, M.D. v. George H. Williams, On Behalf of the Estate of Frances M. Mitchell
and on behalf of All Wrongful Death Beneficiaries
Appeal from 240th District Court of Fort Bend County (Hon. Thomas Ralph Culver)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Frost and Guzman
14-07-00897-CV In Re Wesley E. Evans--Appeal from 351st District Court of Harris County

Civil Causes Decided:

November 1, 2007

Civil Causes Decided:

AVCO Corp. v. Interstate Southwest (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Guzman)(commercial
law, standing, capacity, indemnity, declaratory judgment, proof of actual damages)
AFFIRMED IN PART/REVER.& REND.& REVER.&REM.: Opinion by Justice Guzman
Before Justices Anderson, Hudson and Guzman
14-05-00860-CV AVCO Corporation, Textron Lycoming Reciprocating Engine Division of AVCO
Corporation v. Interstate Southwest, LTD
Appeal from 278th District Court of Grimes County (Hon. Jerry Sandel)

Elloway v. Pate (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Hudson)(biz org law, shareholder class
action, BoFD, standing)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Hudson
Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson
14-06-00062-CV Peter Elloway, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Donna C. Pate,
In her capacity as Independent Executor of the Estate of James L. Pate, James J. Postl, Terry L. Savage,
H. John Greeniaus, Brent Scowcroft, Lorne R. Waxlax, Forrest R. Haselton, C. Berdon Lawrence, and
Gerald B. Smith
Appeal from 295th District Court of Harris County (
Hon. Tracy Kee Christopher)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam (DWOP)
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-06-00805-CV
Jerry Kwiatkowski v. Kristi Kwiatkowski--Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 1 of Harris
County

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Frost
14-07-00042-CV
Steeplechase Center I, L.P. and Equity One Realty & Management, Inc. v. Nessa's
Mexican Resturant, Ltd.--Appeal from 61st District Court of Harris County (John J. Donovan)

In Re Igloo Products Corp. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Frost)(arbitration mandamus
denied)
MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Opinion by Justice Frost
Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman
14-07-00185-CV In Re: Igloo Products Corp
Appeal from 155th District Court of Waller County (Judge Daniel R. Beck)

McMenemy v. Holden (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Guzman)(HCLC, expert report)
REVERSED AND RENDERED IN PART AND REMANDED IN PART: Opinion by Justice Guzman
Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman
14-07-00365-CV Matthew G. McMenemy, M.D. v. Donald M. Holden and Mary Holden
Appeal from 434th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County (James H. Shomake)

De Vries v. De Vries (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(per curiam)(joint motion to reverse
and remand granted)
REVERSED AND REMANDED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Frost
14-07-00525-CV Liliana De Vries v. Jeroen De Vries
Appeal from 311th District Court of Harris County (
Hon. Douglas C. Warne)

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00550-CV
Robert Moe and Cynthia Moe v. Option One Mortgage Corporation--Appeal from 55th
District Court of Harris County

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore
14-07-00748-CV
In the Interest of L.T.P., M.T.P., and N.T.P--Appeal from 300th District Court of Brazoria
County

DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Frost
14-07-00807-CV
Investment Corporation of America v. Claudia Simon--Appeal from 190th District Court
of Harris County (Hon. Jennifer Elrod)

MOTION OR WRIT DENIED [WITHOUT PREJUDICE]: Per Curiam (noncompliance with mandamus filing
rules)
Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman
14-07-00852-CV
In Re: Susan Carol Doxey
Appeal from Probate Court No 3 of Harris County (Name of judge not shown on docket)
Judges
Chief Justice
Adele Hedges
Justice John Anderson
Justice Richard Edelman
Justice Wanda Fowler
Justice Eva M. Guzman
Justice Harvey Hudson
Justice Charles W. Seymore
Justice Kem Thompson Frost
Justice Leslie Brook Yates
 
Texas Supreme Court
Houston's First Court of Appeals
Houston Judges
Harris County Civil Courts

Oral Argument and Conference Calendar for  
November 2007

Causes Set for Submission on Oral Argument

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 11/7/2007 AT
10:30 AM
(Before Justices Hudson, Fowler and Guzman)

14-06-00437-CV  
Harris County Hospital District v. Textac
Partners I, A Texas General Partnership, Houston ISD, Houston
Community College, City of Houston, Harris County, Texas  Harris
County (CCCL#1 - Hon. Block)

14-07-00804-CV  
In Re: Ashley Paige Benton  Harris County
(177th DC - Hon. Devon Anderson)


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 11/13/2007 AT
1:30 PM
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore)

14-06-00436-CV  
Allstate Indemnity Company and Allstate
Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Hadley Medical Clinic;
Hampton Medical Clinic; Imperial Valley Medical Clinic; and
Southwest Houston Physician Center  Harris County (CCCL#1 -
Hon Jack Cagle)

14-07-00206-CV  
Paddy Argovitz v. Jerry Argovitz  Harris County
(309th DC - Hon. Rynd)

14-07-00379-CV  
Saturn Capital Corporation v. The City of
Houston  Harris County (CCCL#2 - Hon. Jacqueline Lucci-Smith)


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 11/14/2007 AT
10:30 AM
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman)

14-06-00593-CV  David Lawrence Swaab v. Janie Guerra Swaab  
Harris County (246th DC - Hon. York)

14-06-00848-CV  
Lenieta Wylene Trousdale v. Annette M. Henry,
R. Christopher Bell and Bell & Henry L.L.P.  Harris County (129th
DC - Hon. Dorfman)

14-07-00545-CV  
Mansour Sanjar, M.D., & Ted W. Krell, M.D. v.
Augustine Turner, Lionel Coleman, Sr., Ronniqua D. Coleman and
Laporscha Coleman, As Heirs and Representatives of the Estate
of Karen Yvette Green, Deceased  Harris County (215th DC -
Hon. Benton)


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 11/26/2007 AT
1:30 PM
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Frost and Guzman)

14-07-00590-CV  
In Re: Michael Hicks and Jerry Fazio  Austin
County (155th DC - Hon. Daniel Beck)


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 11/27/2007 AT
1:30 PM
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore)

14-07-00415-CV  
EPG and Stanton G. Holt v. RDM, Inc.  Harris
County (129th DC - Hon. Dorfman)


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 11/28/2007 AT
10:30 AM
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman)

14-06-00605-CV  
Juan Gomez, as Parent and Next Friend of
Michael Gomez, a Minor v. James P. Hernon, M.D., John Devine,
M.D., Pasadena Health Care Management, Inc., Southmore
Medical Center, LTD and Touchstone Health Care Management,
Inc.  Harris County - (11th DC)

14-06-00957-CV  Juan Gomez as Parent and Next Friend of M.G.,
a Minor v. James P. Hernon, M.D., John Devine, M.D., Pasadena
Health Care Management, Inc., Southmore Medical Center, Ltd.,
and Touchstone Health Care Management, Inc.  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON ORAL ARGUMENT ON 12/3/2007 AT
1:30 PM
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman)

14-07-00624-CV  
In Re: Russell Craig Collins  Fort Bend County
(387th DC - Hon. Kern)

Causes Set for Submission on Briefs

SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 11/6/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore)

14-06-00877-CR  Antonio Salazar v. The State of Texas  Brazoria

14-06-00988-CR  Oliver Jewel Stroman v. The State of Texas  
Brazoria

14-07-00022-CV  Fe De La Calzada v. American First National
Bank  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 11/6/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Guzman)

14-07-00001-CV  Mirna Acosta, Individually and as next of friends,
Natural Parent, and Legal Guardian of Denis Acosta v. Memorial
Hermann Hospital System, Memorial Hermann Hospital System
d/b/a Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, Dinsdale W. Ford,
M.D., and Greater Houston Anesthesiology, P.A  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 11/7/2007
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman)

14-06-00701-CV  Simulis, LLC v. General Electric Capital
Corporation  Harris

14-06-00827-CR  Willie Ann Burton v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-06-00989-CR  Heriberto Muniz v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-07-00527-CV  Greenfield Energy Inc., Greenfield Energy Inc.,
and Greenfield Oil Trinidad Ltd., v. EOG Resources, Inc.,
Lawrence Duprey, Primera Oil & Gas Limited, Primera East
Brighton Limited, and CL Financial Limited  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 11/13/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore)

14-06-00724-CR  Tameka Nichole Martin v. The State of Texas  
Harris

14-06-00997-CR  Robert Steven McClendon v. The State of
Texas  Harris

14-06-01012-CR  Jose Marcos Tijerino v. The State of Texas  
Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 11/14/2007
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman)

14-06-01025-CR  Juan Jose Resendez v. The State of Texas  
Harris

14-06-01028-CR  Hector Manuel Quezada v. The State of Texas  
Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 11/27/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore)

14-06-01027-CR  Carol Ann Hoey v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-07-00037-CR  Jimmie Keith Evans v. The State of Texas  Harris

14-07-00049-CV  Soon AE Song d/b/a Washateria E-Z and Kon
Ho Song d/b/a Washateria E-Z v. Global Fox Financial  Harris

14-07-00211-CV  Fedgess Shopping Centers, Ltd. v. MNC SSP,
Inc.: MNC MCT, Inc.;MNC Memorial City Terrace L.P.; and MNC
Spring Shadows Place, L.P  Harris


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 11/28/2007
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman)

14-06-00923-CV  Bennett Truck Transport, LLC v. William
Brothers Construction  Harris

14-06-01043-CR  James Earnest Byars v. The State of Texas  
Harris

14-06-01044-CR  James Earnest Byars v. The State of Texas  
Harris

14-06-01088-CR  Lisa Margaret Hunter-Odulate v. The State of
Texas  Harris

14-06-01118-CR  Patrick Lee Campbell A.K.A. Patrick Lee
Campbell, Jr. v. The State of Texas  Galveston


SET FOR SUBMISSION ON BRIEFS ON 11/29/2007
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Judge Murphy, Justice Frost)

14-06-00144-CR  Raul Enrique Iglesias v. The State of Texas  
Harris

14-06-00621-CR  Eduardo Rivera- Reyes v. The State of Texas  
Harris

14-07-00399-CV  Cedyco Corporation v. Carolyn Tubbs  Harris

14-07-00639-CV  San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and New
Triumph Healthcare of Texas, LLC d/b/a Triumph Hospital East
Houston v. Eric Bennett, Individually as Representative of the
Estate of Mary Jane Taylor, Deceased  Harris
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