Case Results

Farmers Tex. Cnty. Mut. Ins. Co. v. 1st Choice Accident & Injury, LLC, No. 4:22-CV-02061, 2024 WL 1144274 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 12, 2024)

Represented doctors who were sued by a major auto insurance company who claimed that the doctors and others engaged in racketeering and fraud relating to their treatment of patients injured by the company’s insureds. The court granted our motion to dismiss the insurance companies’ suit for failure to state a claim.

Johns Law Firm, LLC v. Pawlik, No. 24-20147, 2024 WL 4835239 (5th Cir. Nov. 20, 2024)

Represented a law firm, both at the trial and appellate levels, in a suit against a client who terminated it without cause and refused to pay its fee after the firm performed work that resulted in the client receiving an $850,000 life insurance settlement. The district court granted summary judgment awarding the law firm its fee, and the court of appeals affirmed.

Harris County v. Harris County Appraisal District, No. 01-16-00389-CV (Tex. App.— Houston [1st Dist.] 2017, pet. filed), reh. denied, 554 S.W.3d 708.

Represented Harris County in an appeal of the trial court’s summary judgment holding that a foreign trade zone exemption applies to a refinery’s oil and refined products. The court of appeals reversed and rendered judgment for the County.

Red Bluff, LLC v. Tarpley, No. 14-17-00505-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2018, no pet.) (mem. op.).

Represented a nursing home employee when the employer appealed the trial court’s denial of its motion to compel her to arbitrate her “nonsubscriber” personal injury claim. The court of appeals affirmed.

Puppala v. Perry, 564 S.W.3d 190 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2018, no pet.).

Represented a medical malpractice patient when a defendant doctor appealed the trial court’s denial of his challenge to the plaintiff’s expert report. The court of appeals affirmed.

Mendoza Hernandez v. Kroger Texas, L.P., No. 01-18-00562-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2019, no pet. h.).

Represented an injured customer in an appeal of the trial court’s summary judgment for Kroger on the basis that there was no evidence that Kroger had actual or constructive knowledge of the spill on which she slipped. The court of appeals reversed the summary judgment and remanded the case to the trial court.

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris Co. v. Smith, No. 14-17-00807-CV (Tex. App.— Houston [14th Dist.] 2018, no pet.) (mem. op.).

Represented a Houston police officer who had been injured by the negligent discharge of a firearm by a Metro police officer, when Metro appealed the trial court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction asserting sovereign immunity. The court of appeals affirmed.

Harris County v. Harris County Appraisal District, 579 S.W.3d 77 (Tex. App.— Houston [1st Dist.] 2017).

Represented Harris County in an appeal of the trial court’s summary judgment holding that a foreign trade zone exemption applies to a refinery’s oil and refined products. The court of appeals reversed and rendered judgment for the County.

Red Bluff, LLC v. Tarpley, No. 14-17-00505-CV, 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 10712 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2018).

Represented a nursing home employee when the employer appealed the trial court’s denial of its motion to compel her to arbitrate her “nonsubscriber” personal injury claim. The court of appeals affirmed.

Pickaree v. Kim, No. H-22-901, 2022 WL 2319157 (5th Cir. March 2, 2023).

Represented the owner of a beauty salon who was sued by a customer for an alleged violation of the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003. The case was removed to federal court, and the federal district court granted our motion to dismiss the suit for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. The court of appeals granted our motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

Tex. Health & Human Services Comm'n v. Sacred Oak Med. Ctr. LLC, No. 03-21-00136-CV, 2022 WL 2251656 (Tex. App.—Austin June 23, 2022, no pet.)

Represented a psychiatric hospital in the state’s interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s temporary injunction restoring the hospital’s wrongfully-revoked license. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s order.

Allstate Indem. Co. v. Bhagat, No. 4:24-cv-02573 (S.D. Tex. Dec. 23, 2024)

Represented a freestanding emergency center and its doctors who were sued by a major auto insurance company who claimed that the ER and doctors engaged in racketeering and fraud relating to their treatment of patients injured by the company’s insureds. The court granted our motion to dismiss the insurance companies’ suit for failure to state a claim.

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris Co. v. Smith, No. 14-17-00807-CV, 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 10158 (Tex. App.— Houston [14th Dist.] 2018).

Represented a Houston police officer who had been injured by the negligent discharge of a firearm by a Metro police officer, when Metro appealed the trial court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction asserting sovereign immunity. The court of appeals affirmed.

Dewberry Farm, LLC v. Elias, No. 01-18-01058-CV, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 7086 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2020).

Represented a personal injury defendant in a restricted appeal from the trial court’s default judgment on the basis that the $400,000 damages award was supported by legally insufficient evidence. The court of appeals reversed the default judgment and remanded the case for a new trial on damages.

Mendoza Hernandez v. Kroger Texas, L.P., No. 01-18-00562-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 7555 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2019).

Represented an injured customer in an appeal of the trial court’s summary judgment for Kroger on the basis that there was no evidence that Kroger had actual or constructive knowledge of the spill on which she slipped. The court of appeals reversed the summary judgment and remanded the case to the trial court.

Texas Health and Human Services Comm’n v. Sacred Oak Medical Center, LLC, No. 03-21-00136-CV, 2021 Tex. App. L
EXIS 4736 (Tex. App.—Austin 2021).

Representing a psychiatric hospital seeking in the state’s interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s temporary injunction restoring the hospital’s wrongfully-revoked license. Obtained a temporary order from the court of appeals maintaining the injunction in force and allowing the hospital to operate during the pendency of the appeal. The appeal remains pending.