| Nov. 7, 2008: Governor appoints former Houston District Court Judge Kent C. Sullivan to replace Fowler Sep. 10, 2008: Houston Chronicle reports that Justice Fowler resigned late in August and that her replacement will be appointed by the Governor because the filing deadline for the November 2008 election has passed. According the TEXAS LAWYER (9/22), Wanda McKey Fowler has joined Wright, Brown & Close in Houston as a partner. 2007 Civil Appellate Opinions by Justice Fowler Also see --> 2008 Opinions by Justice Wanda Fowler Southtex 66 Pipeline Co. v. Spoor (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Oct 23, 2007)(Fowler)(UDJA, easement, trespass to try title) REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Fowler 14-05-01181-CV Southtex 66 Pipeline Company, Ltd. v. John Spoor, Susan Lynn Spoor, and Claudine Spoor, Individually and as Independant Executrix of the Estate of Donald Eugene Spoor, Deceased Appeal from Co Ct at Law No 3 & Probate Ct of Brazoria County (name of judge omitted from appellate docket sheet) Mohindra v. Mohindra (Tex.App. - Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 23, 2007)(Fowler)(divorce, fault grounds, unequal division of property, retirement division) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman 14-06-00056-CV Chander Mohindra v. Sudha Mohindra Appeal from 246th District Court of Harris County (Hon. Jim York) Challenge to conveyance of real estate without deed rejected Greene v. Glass (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 16, 2007)(Fowler) (real estate transactions, probate law, conveyance of undivided interest in real property, parol gift, statute of frauds) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman) 14-06-00787-CV Robin Reindl Greene and Karen Reindl Koch v. Rose Casteel Glass, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Alicia Marcos-Diaz Reindl Appeal from Probate Court No 1 of Harris County (Hon. Russell P. Austin) Pierson v. Reynolds (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 30, 2007)(Fowler) (forcible detainer, possession) VACATED AND DISMISSED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Frost 14-06-01023-CV Virginia Pierson v. Theresa Reynolds Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 4 of Harris County (Roberta Anne Lloyd) Lazo v. RSI International, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 30, 2007)(Fowler)(insurance law, insurance policy cancellation) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Justices Anderson, Fowler and Seymore 14-06-00432-CV Kelvyn and Susana Lazo, Individualy, and d/b/a Lazo's Custom Woodwork and Pablo Abello, Individually and d/b/a Pablo Abello Insurance Agency v. RSI International, Inc. and St. Paul Reinsurance Company, Ltd. Appeal from 61st District Court of Harris County (Hon. Tony Lindsay) Adair v. Veritas DGC Land, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.} Aug. 9, 2007)(Fowler)(mass tort, seismic survey damage alleged, summary judgment affirmed, motion for continuance) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler (Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman) 14-06-00254-CV Sandra Adair, Et Al v. Veritas DGC Land, Inc. Appeal from 212th District Court of Galveston County (Hon. Susan Elizabeth Criss) GE Capital Corp. v. ICO, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jun. 12, 2007)(Fowler) [garnishment wages, FoF & CoL, attorney's fees] AFFIRMED IN PART/REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost 14-05-01095-CV General Electric Capital Corporation and Morris Tabak v. ICO, Inc., Timothy J. Gollin and Weycer Kaplan Pulanski & Ziber P.C. Appeal from 165th District Court of Harris County (Judge Elizabeth Ray) Concurring Opinion by Justice Frost Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost 14-05-01095-CV General Electric Capital Corporation and Morris Tabak v. ICO, Inc., Timothy J. Gollin and Weycer Kaplan Pulanski & Ziber P.C.--Appeal from 165th District Court of Harris County Jackson v. TSU (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jun. 12, 2007)(Fowler) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman 14-06-00295-CV Robert Jackson v. Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, J. Faith Jackson, Individually and as Employee and McKen Carrington, Individually and as Employee Appeal from 234th District Court of Harris County (Judge Reese Rondon) Stevens v. The Anatolian Shepherd Dog Club of America, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jun. 5, 2007)(Fowler)(association law, autonomy voluntary associations, attorney's fees, unjust enrichment, refund) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman 14-06-00367-CV Rhea C. Stevens v. The Anatolian Shepherd Dog Club of America, Inc. Appeal from County Court at Law of Austin County (Judge Gladys M. Oakley) Carrell v. Texas Career Management Corp. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 24, 2007)(Fowler)(NE-MSJ) [no evidence motion for summary judgment, computer password, e-law] AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Justices Taft, Edelman and Frost 14-05-01104-CV Janette Carrell v. Texas Career Management Corporation d/b/a Bernard Haldane Associates Appeal from 80th District Court of Harris County (Judge Kent Sullivan) Mathis v. Restoration Builders, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 22, 2007)(Fowler)(negligence premises) [premises liability, negligence, res ipsa loquitur, causation, NE-MSJ] REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost 14-05-00996-CV George Mathis, Jr. v. Restoration Builders, Inc Appeal from 215th District Court of Harris County (Judge Levi James Benton) Justice Edelman dissented in Mathis v. Restoration Builders, Inc. Aguirre v. Vasquez (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] May 1, 2007)(Fowler)(workers com, workplace safety, car crash, workers comp, exclusive remedy defense) AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED & REMANDED IN PART: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman 14-06-00325-CV Daniel Antonio Aguirre, Et Al v. Dora G. Vasquez Appeal from Probate Court No 4 of Harris County (WM CAMERON MCCULLOCH) Trial Court Had No Discretion to Award Husband's Separate Property to the Wife - Property Division Reversed and Severed for Remand Gana v. Gana (Tex.App. - Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 24, 2007)(Fowler) (family law, divorce, property division reversed) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman 14-05-00601-CV Bradley Jay Gana v. Susan Ruth Gana Appeal from 310th District Court of Harris County (Judge Lisa A. Millard) Scott v. Correctional Officer Smith (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 29, 2008)(Fowler) (motion to reinstate, dismissal reversed, notice) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Fowler Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman 14-05-00409-CV Michael Scott v. Correctional Officer Smith and Correctional Officer John Doe Appeal from 240th District Court of Fort Bend County (Judge Thomas Ralph Culver) Summary Judgment in Suit on Sworn Account Affirmed Powells v. Nova Factor, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 27, 2007)(Fowler)(suit on sworn account required verified special denial that is not conclusory; controverting attorney fee affidavit insufficient) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Fowler (Before Justices Fowler, Edelman and Frost) 14-05-00912-CV Janice R. Powells, M.D., and Houston Infant & Adolescent Medicine, P.A, v. Nova Factor, Inc. Appeal from County Civil Court at Law No 4 of Harris County Expunction Order Reversed on Appeal Texas Department of Public Safety v. Collmorgen (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 22, 2007)(Fowler)[expungement denied, dismissal of indictment based on complaining witness's request not sufficient] REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Justice Fowler (Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman) 14-06-00478-CV Texas Department of Public Safety v. Jeremy Collmorgen--Appeal from 9th District Court of Waller County Duruji v. Duruji (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 27, 2007)(Justice Fowler)[family law, divorce, foreign decree, res judicata, attorneys fees awarded as child support] TH Investments Inc. v. Kriby Inland Marine LP (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 1, 2007)(Fowler)(second appellate opinion) [land dispute, real property, river, tides, takings] 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 (Judge John Thomas Wooldridge) TH Investments Inc. v. Kirby Inland Marine LP (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Justice Fowler)(no-online opinion available, superseded) Ellwood Texas Forge Corp. v. Jones (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Fowler)(workplace 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) Ellwood Texas Forge Corp. v. Jones (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 9, 2007)(Justice Fowler) Find more judge and court information on the houston-opinions.com home page Also see --> 2008 Opinions by Justice Wanda Fowler |
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