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TABLE OF CASES DECEMBER 2007 CIVIL CASES DECIDED - WITH LINKS TO OPINIONS Ex Parte Waller ISD (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Dec. 21, 2007)(Keyes)(local taxes, bond validation suit, challenge to school bonds by taxpayer) Arias v. Brookstone, LP (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Nuchia)(construction law, contractors, mechanic's lien, filing, bond) Rapid Settlements, Ltd. v. Gross (Tex.App.Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Radack) (one paragraph DWOP opinion) Cypress Northwest Associates, Ltd v. Wayne Duddlesten, Ltd (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Hanks)(real estate, deed restrictions, land development, BoC, restrictive covenant, deed) Zalud v. Schiro DDS (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Jennings)(HCLC dental malpractice, expert report, partial record on appeal) Garcia v. Packaged Ice, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Taft)(PI slip and fall) Anaheim Industries, Inc. v. GM Corp (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Bland)(commercial law, UCC, BoC, extracontractual claims, estoppel, misrepresentation) Cole v. Hogan (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Hanks)(probate law, lost will) Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v. Technip USA Corp. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Higley) breach of contract, counterclaim) McLane v. McLane (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Hanks)(family law, SAPCR, MTM child support, voluntary underemployment) Schott v. Knight (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Higley)(PI-auto, zero mental anguish damages) Executive Mortgage and Financial Services, Inc. v. Gallup (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(per curiam) (reporter's record unavailable, new trial granted, judgment set aside) Mott v. Red's Safe and Lock Services, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Hanks) (DTPA, products liability, warranty breach) Walters v. Cleveland Regional Med. Ctr. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Hanks)(HCLC, limitations defense, discovery of injury, sponge left in body) Green v. Fort Bend ISD (Tex.App. - Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Higley)(employment law, workers comp appeal, judicial review suit) Villegas v. Harris County (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Bland) (termination of employment, Title VII, Section 1983 due process denial) Gordon v. Godsey (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(Jennings)(real estate law, trespass to try title) Hotchkiss v. Alford (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(per curiam) (reversed, settlement) Sheik v. Sheikh (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 13, 2007)(Taft)(divorce, receivership, turnover) Landers v. State Farm Lloyd (Tex.App. - Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 13, 2007)(Hanks)(insurance coverage, expert exclusion) Reece-Albert v. Contractor's Service Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 13, 2007)(Hanks) (indemnity, reformation remedy) Midland Funding NCC-2 Corp. v. Azubogu (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 13, 2007)(Radack) (DWOP is without prejudice, sanctions complaint not preserved) McMichael v. McMichael (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 13, 2007)(Jennings) (family law, SAPCR, MTM, child support increase) Amtech Elevator Serv. Co. v. SDFB 1998-P1 Buffalo Speedway Office LP (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 13, 2007)(Keyes) (insurance, indemnity) Before Spencer v. Prime Site, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 6, 2007)(Alcala)(towed car, SJ, evidence) Mitchell v. Garza II (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 6, 2007)(op. on rehr'g by Hanks)(real estate law, easement by estoppel) Bradley v. Peters (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 6, 2007)(Bland)(real estate law, easement, appellate jurisdiction, timeliness of notice of appeal, extension) In re Michael Medina (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 6, 2007)(Hanks) (IME, mental injury, legal malpractice, multiple plaintiffs) N.N. a/n/f/ A.B. v. Institute for Rehab and Research (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 5, 2007)(Alcala) November 2007 HP/Management Services, Inc. v. Guaranteed Nursing Staff, LLC (Tex.App. - Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Hanks)(business law, breach of contract, agency, principal-agent) Gillebaard v. Bayview Acres (Tex.App. - Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Taft)(home owner law, deed restrictions) Nowak v. Pellis (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Hanks)(legal and medical malpractice, health care liability claim, one satisfaction rule, attorney's fees) Mustang Security and Investigations, Inc. v. Alpha & Omega Services, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston - Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Taft)(at will employment law) Shekhani Enterprises, Inc. v. A/M Mechanical Services (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Nuchia)(employee check fraud, company check endorsement) Clark v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Keyes)(PI, personal injury, store premises liability) Dixon Financial Services, Ltd. v. Greenberg, Peden Sigmyer & Oshman, PC (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Higley)(arbitration award, severance, motion to sever) E. I. du Pont v. Shell Oil Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Jennings)(breach of indemnity agreement, indemnification, defense costs) Bibai v. Nguyen (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Higley)(PI auto, evidence, proof of negligence, damages) Hurst v. DFPS, In re AAA (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Hanks)(termination of parental rights) In re Barner (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Alcala)(retroactive order, impossibility defense) In re Tanner (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 9, 2007)(per curiam)(show-cause order for contempt) DeClaire v. G&B McIntosh Family LP (Tex.App. - Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 8, 2007)(Keyes)(promissory note, parol evidence rule) DeClaire v. G&B McIntosh Family LP (Tex.App. - Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 8, 2007)(Keyes)(promissory note, parol evidence rule) Smith v. DFPS (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 8, 2007)(Alcala)(termination, Anders appeal) Jemmerison v. Officer Salazar (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 8, 2007 (Hanks)(pro se prisoner suit) Barrow v. Pickett (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 8, 2007)(Keyes)(easement, fence, attorney's fees) Kipp v. KBR (Tex.App.- Houston ]1st Dist.] No. 8, 2007)(Radack)(premises liability, NE-MSJ) Elberger v. Ford Motor Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 8, 2007)(Radack)(dismissal docket, motion for continuance) Sheikh v. Sheikh (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Taft)(divorce, property division, tort damages) Cole v. Cassel (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Alcala)(DTPA, real estate, earnest money) Summerville v. Allied Barton Security Services (Tex.App.- Houston [1st. Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Hanks)(malicious prosecution claim, criminal trespass) Acosta v. Hemlata Chheda, DDS (Tex.App. - Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Higley)(HCLC, untimely expert report) In Re Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Higley)(arbitration) In Re Ward (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Taft)(workplace injury, workers comp, order for medical examination, mandamus denied) In re Jackson (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 1, 2007)(Radack)(mootness, mandamus against clerk moot, record filed) October 2007 In re Hearst Newspapers Partnership LP (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 30, 2007)(Alcala)(first amendment, jury gag order vacated) In Re Alvarez (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 29, 2007)(per curiam)(discovery, no blanket assertion of fifth amendment privilege against discovery requests in civil case) Blitz Holding Corp v. Grant Thornton (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 25, 2007)(Alcala)(securities, proving damages) Kim v. Farmers Ins. Exchange (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 25, 2007)(Hanks)(insurance law, duty to notify insurer of claim) Daimler Chrysler Ins. Co. v. Apple (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 25, 2007)(Alcala)(insurance coverage dispute, breach of contract) St. Raphael Medical Clinic, Inc. Mint Medical Pysician Staffing (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 25, 2007)(Jennings) Urista v. Bed, Bath & Beyond (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 18. 2007)(Alcala)(opinion on rehearing post-remand from Texas Supreme Court)(PI, jury issues) City of Houston v. Allco, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 18, 2007)(Higley)(post-remand from Texas Supreme Court, see City of Houston v. Allco, Inc., 206 S.W.3d 113 (Tex. 2006)(waiver of immunity to breach of contract claim) Alazov . Chmeleva (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 18, 2007)(per curiam)(default divorce, alternative, service, notice of appeal untimely, no jurisdiction to entertain appeal) Philips v. Philips (Tex.App.- Houston [1st. Dist.] Oct. 18, 2007)(Hanks)(Rule 12 motion, MNT) Scott v. Wichita County (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 18, 2007)(Hanks)(venue, prisoner suit) Hayes v. Wells Fargo Bank (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 18, 2007)(Radack)(business law, debt, promissory note, balloon payment) Fellows v. Adams (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 18, 2007)(Higley)(default judgment, service by certified mail, insufficient proof of unliquidated damages) Chapman v. Abbot (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 18, 2007)(Bland)(divorce, life insurance beneficiary) Mitchell v. Garza (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 18, 2007)(Hanks)(real estate law, easement by estoppel, attorneys fees) Milkowski v. DFPS (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 18, 2007)(Higley)(termination of parental rights, drugs, jury trial, ineffective assistance of counsel claim) Waller County, Texas v. Simmons (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 18, 2007)(Taft)(government entity law, tax suit, attorney's fees, sovereign immunity) Cox v. Southern Garrett, LLC (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 11, 2007)(Keyes)(business organization law, membership, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate veil) Sanchez v. Davenport (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 11, 2007)(Alcala)(post-answer default, appearance, notice of trial setting, civil assault claim) Uche, M.D. v. Allison (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 11, 2007)(Keyes)(HCLC, special appearance) In Interest of J.A.G. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 11, 2007)(Bland)(junvenile sex crime) Hartman v. HCAD (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 11, 2007)(Nuchia)(tax protest case, judicial review) UTHSCH v. Gutierrez (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 11, 2007)(Taft)(HCLC, expert report, ILA) H & L Mortgage, Inc. v. Elwood (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct 11, 2007)(Radack)(nonsubstantive signed opinion) Orion Refining Corp. v. UOP (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 4, 2007)(Radack)(BoC, foreign state law) TDCJ v. Raymond (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 4, 2007)(Bland)(TTCA, sovereign immunity, ILA) Crowder v. Crowder Estate Trust (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 4, 1007)(Radack)(release) In re E.B.R. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 4, 2007))(Higley)(juvenile) Whitmire v. Greenridge Place Apartments (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 4, 2007)(Bland)(forcible detainer) UTHSC Houston v. Gutierrez (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 4, 2007)(Taft)(HCLC, expert report) September 2007 Aspenwood v. Link (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Sep. 27, 2007)(superseding opinion by Hanks) (special exceptions, tortious interference, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, section 1983 claim) Madison v. Williamson (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Sep. 27, 2007)(Bland)(sexual assault liability, negligence, damages cap) Pelican State Physical Therapy, LP v. Bratton (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Sep. 27, 2007)(Taft) Lalila v. Parker Drilliing Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Sep. 27, 2007)(Alcala) (personal jurisdiction, special appearance, minimum contacts) In Re Challenge Office Products, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Sep. 26, 2007)(per curiam)(motion to compel nonparty to submit to deposition on written questions) MHCB v. Galveston Dentral Appraisal District (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Sep. 20, 2007)(Taft) (property tax, sovereign immunity) Moore v. Aqrawi (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Sep. 20, 2007)(Higley)(assault, damages) O'Connor v. O'Connor, (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Sep. 20, 2007)(Dissenting opinion on motion for rehearing by Justice Bland)(SAPCR, denial of all visitation) Control Solutions, Inc. v. Gharda USA, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Sep. 13, 2007)(Keyes)(special appearance) August 2007 (partial) Excel Auto and Truck Leasing LLP v. Alief I.S.D. (Tex. Aug. 31, 2007)(Hanks)(tax appeal) Separate opinion by Keyes Lin v. Metro Allied Ins. Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 31, 2007)(Hanks)(DTPA, JNOV, jury) Conte v. Ditta (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 31, 2007)(Hanks)(probate law, removal of trustee, limitations, time-barred petition) Fleming v. Astroworld (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 30, 2007)(Wilson)(premises liability) Pelican State Physical Therapy v. Bratton (Tex.App.- [1st Dist.] Aug. 30, 2007)(superseded opinion by Taft)(personal jurisdiction, special appearance, appellate sanctions denied, findings of facts) Slade v. TSU (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 30, 2007)(Nuchia)(sovereign immunity to BoC suit) Tabor v. Medical Legal Evaluations, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 30, 2007)(Hanks) S.E.A. Leasing, Inc. v. Jeff Steele and Melissa Steele (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug 17,2007)(Concurrence by Taft) S.E.A. Leasing, Inc. v. Jeff Steele and Melissa Steele (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug 17,2007)(Dissent by Keyes) In re Kristin Parks, No. 01-07-00469-CV (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 14, 2007)(Opinion by Justice Bland )(habeas corpus relief granted in family court contempt case) Klein, M.D. and Baylor College of Medician v. Hernandez (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 3,2007)(Taft) R.C. Jones v. Tustin Transportation Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 2, 2007)(Hanks)(BoC, jury verdict) Webworld Marketing Group, L.L.C. v. Tommie Thomas, No. 01-04-00749-CV (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 2, 2007)(Opinion by Justice Hanks)(SOB regulation, zoning) Keyes' separate opinion in Webworld Marketing Group, LLC v. Thomas (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 2, 2007)(sep. op. by Keyes)(SOB regulation) Rosenblatt v. Freedom Life Ins. Co. (Tex..App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 2, 2007(Radack)(attorneys fees) C & K Investments v. Fiesta Group, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 2, 2007)(Jennings)(usury) Argueta v.Banales (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 2, 2007)(Hanks)(auto accident, negligence, jury award) Ibarra v. Nicholes (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist. Aug. 2, 2007)(Higley)(construction subcontractor) City of Houston v. Kennedy (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 2, 2007)(Hanks)(wrongful death, immunity, TTCA), ILA) City of Pasadena v. Environmental Infrastructure Group, LP (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 2, 2007)(Hanks)(BoC immunity, ILA) July 2007 coming soon June 2007 Hurwitz v. Adler (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Jun. 28, 2007)(Taft) (probate, settlement agreement, constructive trust) Texas Department of Human Services v. Okoli (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Jun. 28, 2007)(Taft) (WBA, sovereign immunity, DWOJ, interlocutory appeal) McCarthy v. Wani Venture (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Jun. 28, 2007)(Hanks) Justice Jennings dissents in McCarthy v. Wani Venture (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Jun. 28, 2007 Bloodworth, III v. Aden (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Jun. 28, 2007)(Bland) Franklin v. Robert C. Banks (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Jun. 28, 2007)(Bland)(breach of contract, warranty) In re Louis Charles Munks (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Jun. 28, 2007)(Higley)(mandamus)(child support contempt) Frank's International, Inc. v. Smith International, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Jun. 28, 2007)(Higley)(breach of contract, conversion) Y2K Enterprises, Inc. v. Carriere (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Jun. 28, 2007)(Keyes)(DTPA, fees) Little v. Needham (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist] Jun. 28, 2007)(Keyes)(horse riding risk, accident) Bozeman v. The Estate of Rein Henderson (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 21, 2007)(Radack)(probate) Ton's Remodeling v. Tot Hoi Fund d/b/a Fung's Kitchen (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 21, 2007)(Hanks)(construction dispute, commercial, BoC, sworn account suit) Harris v. Burks (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 21, 2007)(Radack)(SAPCR, default judgment affirmed) McKay v. DFPS (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 21, 2007)(Jennings)(termination of parental rights)(Jennings) LMC Complete Automotive, Inc. v. Burke (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 21, 2007)(Bland)(workplace safety, negligence, nonsubscriber, amout of supersedeas bond) City of Houston v. Swinerton Builders, Inc (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 21, 2007)(Alcala) Berger v. Howard R. King & Hill, Angel & King, L.L.P (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 21, 2007)(Bland)(restricted appeal, malpractice, sanctions Zapata v. State (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun 15, 2007)(Jennings)(domestic violence, confrontation clause, hearsay testimony) Potcinske v. McDonald Property Investments, Ltd (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun 15, 2007)(Higley)(real estate, breach of contract) Carpenter v. The Kroger Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun 14, 2007)(Nuchia)(op. on motion for rehearing)(premises liability) El-Khoury v. Kheir (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun 14, 2007)(Radack)(defamation) Separate Opinion by Justice Keyes Evans v. MIPTT, LLC dba East Coast Buffet (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun 14, 2007)(food poisoning claim) Metzger v. Metzger Westbo (Tex.App.- Houston -[1st. Dist.] Jun. 7, 2007)(Taft)(divorce decree clarification) Peters v. Norwegian Cruise Line Lim. (Tex.App.-Houston [1st. Dist.] Jun. 7, 2007)(Alcala)(disability, DTPA) Iglesia Hispana Nueva Vida Houston, Inc. v. Rosin (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 7, 2007)(Bland)(NE-MSJ, collateral estoppel) Edison v. Houston Police Department (HPD) (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 7, 2007)(Bland)(pro se DWOP) [ ] |
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