On April 16, 2025, Senator Schwertner moved to suspend the Texas Senate’s regular order of business to take up and consider Committee Substituted Senate Bill 30 (“CSSB 30”). This motion prevailed by a vote of 20 Yeas and 11 Nays. During this session, 5 different Senators proposed 6 total amendments to CCSB 30. Senator Schwertner’s
Though House Bill 4806 has not seen substantial movement since its introduction on March 13,[1] its identical counterpart, Senate Bill 30, is steadily progressing through the Texas Senate. Most recently, on April 14, 2025, Senator Schwertner distributed a substituted Senate Bill 30 to the committee on State Affairs, containing 9 substantial changes to Senate
On March 13, 2025, the Texas House of Representatives introduced House Bill 4806, authored by Representative Greg Bonnen, to limit the recovery of damages in civil actions. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick announced that Senate Bill 30 — an identical companion bill to House Bill 4806 authored by Senator Charles Schwertner — is part of
Multi-million-dollar jury awards, commonly known as nuclear or thermonuclear verdicts, are on the rise in the post-pandemic era. Consequently, practitioners are now more reliant than ever on appellate courts’ review of the legal sufficiency and the potential excessiveness of jury awards. Accordingly, this article seeks to offer practitioners a tool to assist in the pursuit
I. Introduction
Attorneys experienced in defending depositions know the importance of witness preparation. A key component of this process requires counsel to sift through large amounts of produced discovery to identify specific documents ripe for examination by opposing counsel. An interesting issue unfolds when an examining attorney asks a witness during the deposition to recount
I. INTRODUCTION
Premises owners of commercial establishments have relied on Chapter 95 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code (“Chapter 95”) to defend against negligence actions brought by independent contractors since its advent in 1996. Chapter 95 affords premises owners complete immunity against claims (1) based on the personal injury, death, or property damage