AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A man who won a jury verdict for $216,000 in damages after being hit by a bus operated by a county social-services center will have to settle for $100,000 after the Texas Supreme Court ruled that state law limits the power of courts to award any more.
HOUSTON - Yesterday, the First Court of Appeals dismissed the city of Houston from litigation alleging an elderly woman died because emergency medical technicians from the Houston Fire Department did not properly operate a stretcher.
HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals dismissed an injury lawsuit against the city of Houston yesterday, finding that the city did not have actual notice.