Texas civil litigators take note: after nearly three decades, summary judgment practice is getting a facelift. The Texas Supreme Court has issued a complete rewrite of Rule 166a of the Texas Rules of ...
James M. Stanton says his time on the state district court bench taught him that summary judgment hearings generally are too long, too confusing and too overwhelming for the judge. To prevail at a ...
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Legal Corner answers viewers’ civil legal questions. QUESTION: There is a law passed in 2024 that went into effect in Louisiana on July 1st about witnessing election ...
In Frederich v. Trisura Specialty Ins. Co., the 5th Circuit affirmed the granting of Trisura’s Motion for Summary Judgment. That judgement was based on the insurer’s payment of an appraisal award plus ...
"Although summary judgment is certainly not precluded in adverse-possession cases, adverse possession raises predominantly fact-intensive issues that generally must be resolved at trial," the decision ...
From U.S. ex rel. Oberg & Camoin v. Nelnet, Inc., decided yesterday by the Fourth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Judge Barbara Milano Keenan and District Judge Elizabeth ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - JANUARY 03: The U.S. Flag flys above the International Revenue Service headquarters building on January 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) Litigation ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – A North Carolina federal judge has concluded that summary judgment was proper for seven defendants in an asbestos lawsuit after the claimant failed to respond to any ...
A federal judge on Tuesday granted summary judgment to the City of Mobile and two Mobile Police Department officers in a civil rights and wrongful-death lawsuit ...