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: Texas Appellate Law BlogThis Week's Supreme Court Orders & Opinions
By D. Todd Smith
The Texas Supreme Court has been busy, issuing opinions in six cases with this week's orders. The Court decided matters involving contractual indemnity and prompt-payment claims (on rehearing), class actions, jurisdiction under Chapter 21 of the Property Code, insurance coverage for punitive damages, an insurer's duties to a potential additional insured, and the Good Samaritan defense.
Four of the cases were filed in 2003 or 2004, reflecting an effort to address the Court's well publicized docket backlog (as Chief Justice Jefferson discussed in this Texas Lawyer interview). Two involved certified questions from the Fifth Circuit.
Osler McCarthy's case summaries are available here.
Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).
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