Split Texas Appeals Court Lets Reinstatement Motions Lapse Without a Hearing
The Fourth Court of Appeals held a plaintiff must request a hearing before its motion to reinstate is overruled by operation of law, over a dissent.
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Texas Appeals Court Says Colorado Notary Can't Be Sued in Texas Over Forged Deed
The Fourth Court of Appeals dismissed negligence claims against a Colorado lawyer-notary whose certificate appeared on a forged deed to a vacant Bexar County lot.
Texas Appeals Court Revives Estate's Suit Over Pedestrian's Pain Before Death
Beaumont's Ninth Court of Appeals held a paramedic's account of a brief pain reaction was enough to send a survival claim for conscious pain to a jury.