Standard Constructors, Inc. v. Chevron Chemical Co., Inc., 101 S.W.3d 619 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003, pet. denied):
Jan 01, 2003OUTCOME: Affirmed
successfully upheld large jury verdict in commercial dispute.
Houston, TX
Appeals Lawyer at Houston, TX
Practice Areas: Appeals
OUTCOME: Affirmed
successfully upheld large jury verdict in commercial dispute.
OUTCOME: Abated
successfully abated ongoing trial on sovereign immunity issues.
OUTCOME:
asked by Chief Justice Tom Phillips to represent the Conference of Chief Justices (comprised of chief justices of all 50 states’ highest courts) in filing brief as amicus curiae in case involving Texas ... ’ IOLTA funding of legal services for the poor.
OUTCOME: Reversed
successfully overturned summary judgment in case in which the Court redefined fraud in Texas.
OUTCOME: Bypass granted
in the first-ever appeal under Texas’ parental notification law, won remand in first and only one of two orders ever granting bypass in case in which the Texas Supreme Court defined standards under tha ... t statute
OUTCOME: Affirmed
successfully upheld in both courts jury verdict/permanent injunction in landmark interference/invasion of privacy/conspiracy lawsuit. Persuaded Texas Supreme Court to change standards for weighing infr ... ingement of First Amendment rights. Retained on appeal in both courts landmark million dollar-plus punitive damages award against Operation Rescue and others, one of the few punitive damages awards upheld that term.
OUTCOME: certiorari granted
Successfully petitioned for certiorari in a case that determines the scope of preemption of design defect claims under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act.