by HBA Appellate Lawyer | Mar 14, 2019 | Articles
A defendant is not required to object to a plaintiff’s omission of an independent theory of recovery in the jury charge. United Scaffolding, Inc. v. Levine, 537 S.W.3d 463, 481 (Tex. 2017).
But, the broad proclamation in United Scaffolding that a defendant is not required to object that the charge is not “supported by the plaintiff’s pleadings or the evidence adduced at trial,” id., must be kept in context.
by HBA Appellate Lawyer | Mar 13, 2019 | Articles
Kem Thompson Frost, Chief Justice, Fourteenth Court of Appeals What are our courts doing to help prepare the next generation of lawyers and judges for the appellate...
by HBA Appellate Lawyer | Mar 13, 2019 | Articles
Thinking Like a Lawyer: What Legal Reason Is and How to Use Itby Justice Evelyn Keyes, First Court of AppealsEvery day we as lawyers think like lawyers as we...
by HBA Appellate Lawyer | Mar 13, 2019 | Interviews
Interview with Justice Countiss, First Court of Appealsby Jill Schumacher, Daniels & Tredennick, LLP1. What made you decide to attend...
by HBA Appellate Lawyer | Mar 13, 2019 | Interviews
Interview of Justice Richard Hightowerby Jill Schumacher, Daniels & Tredennick, LLP1. Who are you as a person?I grew up in Livingston,...