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Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 24, 2017. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-16-00520-CV PABLO CASTREJON, Appellant V. ANDREW HORTON AND CASSY HORTON, Appellees On Appeal from the 405th District Court Galveston County, Texas Trial Court C

OPINION KEM THOMPSON FROST, Chief Justice. This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a wrongful-death action in which the decedent’s children asserted claims against a natural gas provider based upon negligence, negligence per se, strict liability, gross negligence, negligent misrepresentation, and intentional misrepresentation. The trial court dismissed all claims. On appeal, the three-member panel of

van Gestel, J. This matter is before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment on all counts to the complaint. BACKGROUND Involved are three essentially identical joint venture agreements executed in 1980 and 1981. The agreements were formed for the principal purpose of acquiring, operating and developing property located at 135-145 and 175 Ward Street, and 315 Charger St

Affirmed in Part and Reversed and Remanded in Part and an Opinion by Each Member of the Panel filed November 27, 2013. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-11-01055-CV FELICITA DEL CARMEN CANAS, AS NEXT FRIEND OF YENIFER ESTEFANI CANAS ESCOBAR, JAVIER ENRIQUE CANAS ESCOBAR AND BEATRIZ ABIGAIL DEL CARMEN CANAS, MINORS, Appellant V. CENTERPOINT ENE

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER James 0. Browning, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Conditional Certification, Hoffmann-La Roche Notice, and Expedited Ruling, filed January 13, 2017 (Doc. 35)(“Motion”). The Court held a hearing on March 23, 2017. The primary issues are: (i) whether the Court should conditionally certify this case as a c

MEMORANDUM OPINION VIRGINIA EMERSON HOPKINS, District Judge. This is a civil action brought by the plaintiff, Randi A. Abbott, against the defendants, Elwood Staffing Services, Inc. (“Elwood”), and Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC (“HMA”). (Doc. 53 at 1). The Third Amended Complaint was filed on October 24, 2013. It alleges the following claims against both Elwood and HMA: “Failure to Accomm

ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge. 12Plaintiffs-Appellees Peter Becker, Jr., Joseph Barcia, Marvin Baudean, Salvador DiCarlo, Ronald Gilmore and Roy Phillips 1 alleged that as a result of long-term occupational noise exposure at the Murphy Oil Meraux refinery, they suffered hearing loss. After a bench trial, the court awarded each plaintiff except Ronald Gilmore $50,000.002 in

PRITCHARD, Presiding Judge. Respondent was injured by the collapse of the skywalks at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, where, on the evening of July 17, 1981, she was attending a popular tea dance with her husband. Respondent was awarded a verdict of $1,500,000, for which judgment was entered. Her husband, Francis E. Wintz, was awarded $500,000 for his loss of respondent’s consortium, but he declined to accept a remittitur of $400,000

SWOFFORD, Senior Judge. This case arises from a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act initiated by the respondent, Denzil 0. Kite (Kite), who was employed by the appellant, Polsky Motors, Inc. (Polsky), as an automobile mechanic. Kite’s amended claim for compensation alleged that on October 20, 1976: “The employee, while in his employment, was removing the hood from an automobile, and struck hi

ORDER NORGLE, District Judge. On December 7, 1990, this court entered an order granting attorneys’ fees against plaintiff United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) in favor of defendant Elmhurst Community Unit School District No. 205 (“District 205”). Before the court is EEOC’s motion to reconsider that order and District 205’s motion to amend the order to increase the amount of fees awa

PIVARNIK, Justice. This cause comes to us on a Petition for Transfer from the Third District Court of Appeals. Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, Richard D. Bunker, discovered in July, 1976, that he was afflicted with asbestosis. On June 17, 1978, he applied to the Industrial Board of Indiana for disability benefits under the “Indiana Workmen’s Occupational Diseases Act.” He alleged that his permanent disability was due to his wo

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge. Cooler heads regrettably did not prevail on the afternoon that Tyrone Cefalu arrived at his parents’ printing business and found Elk Grove Village police officer Eric Perkins parked in the drive, filling out reports and monitoring traffic on the adjoining roadway. Cefalu in rather harsh terms told Perkins to leave, Perkins balked, and within mo

BARRETT, Commissioner. This action for a declaratory judgment arose in these circumstances: In September 1956, Paddy Miles was employed by Lloyd Brooks, an employer subject to the workmen’s compensation law. Brooks’ liability under the law was insured in the plaintiff’s predecessor American Farmers Mutual Insurance Company. On September 11, 1956, Paddy sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his em

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PRITCHARD, Commissioner. This is a condemnation action for the taking of a strip of land about 455 feet long, consisting of .37 acre, along old U.S. Highway 66 which fronted upon defendants’ “Skylark Motel” property. The motel is located about 2J4 miles west of the city limits of St. Clair, in Franklin County, Missouri. The jury’s verdict, upon which final judgment was entered, was $8,000; defendants claimed damages in the amo

APPEL, Justice (concurring in part and dissenting in part). I cannot join the majority opinion. Nonetheless, for the reasons expressed below, I concur impart and dissent in part. I. Introduction. A. What Is Presented: Significant Issues—Ghosts and Goblins. This case touches upon some difficult and profound issues in our law. These issues include the nature of riparia

PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge. This is an application for a writ of mandamus against the county auditor and county treasurer of Saluda county to compel them respectively to assess and collect a tax against the property within Pine Grove township to pay a judgment recovered by the plaintiff against the defendant for the sum of $2,639.58, and for cost, $40.75. This judgment was recovered in this court on April 14, 1896, upon coupons c

The principal questions presented for decision here are: (1) Whether or not Mrs. Carrie B. Edwards, deceased, and her predecessor in title, C.C. Sibley, who was her father and from whom she inherited, and both of whom were respectively and successively the undisputed owner of the record title to 295 acres of land which include the SE 1/4 of Section 30, Township 10 North, Range 2 West in Yazoo County, Mississippi, had also acquired prior to October 27, 1928, title by adverse possession, and wi

ACCEPTED 05-15-00861-CV FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS DALLAS, TEXAS 7/16/2015 4:16:41 PM