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  1. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · June 30, 1999 · in the opinion

    White v. CBS Corp. (1999)

    …annexation" means a joinder or uniting of a chattel with realty for a specific purpose—here use of the turbines to generate electricity—coupled with the owner's intent to enhance the freehold by the improvement…

  2. Court case · Texas Supreme Court · April 29, 1999 · in the opinion

    Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp. v. Carter (1999)

    …conflicts with our decision in Boyles v. Kerr, where we held that "there is no general duty not to negligently inflict emotional distress."\[11\] As we later explained in City of Tyler v. Likes, "\[i\]t…

  3. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 31, 1990 · in the opinion

    Celotex Corp. v. Tate (1990)

    …into a hopper, scooped it from the hopper onto a scale, and carried it to the mixer. Tate also worked as an electrician at the plant, and the evidence reflected that, in this capacity, he was…

  4. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 16, 1991 · in the opinion

    Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool (1991)

    …1969). Quantifying probability, it means a more than fifty percent chance. See Fidelity & Guaranty Ins. Underwriters v. Gary Douglas Electric, 48 Ohio App.2d 319, 357 N.E.2d 388, 392 (1974). Dr. J.D. Britton…

  5. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · November 18, 1993 · in the opinion

    Srite v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1993)

    …he "gets out of breath quicker." She stated that when they went walking, Mr. Morris did not take the lead. Robert and Ellois Bledsoe Robert Bledsoe is a 57-year-old electrician. On direct examination, Mr…

  6. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · February 14, 1996 · in the opinion

    Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Wasiak (1996)

    …reviewing punitive-damage awards and approved the Alabama Supreme Court's criteria, as stated in Green Oil, 539 So.2d at 223-24, and Central Alabama Electric Cooperative v. Tapley, 546 So.2d 371, 377 (Ala…

  7. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · March 11, 1999 · in the opinion

    North American Refractory Co. v. Easter (1999)

    …909] Under Alabama law, proof of proximate causation is an essential element for both products liability and negligence claims. See Taylor v. General Motors Corp., 707 So.2d 198, 202 (Ala.1997) (products liability); Rutley v…

  8. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · February 8, 1993

    Boyett v. Keene Corp. (1993)

    …the plaintiff's settlements with the shipowners and other manufacturers, and it denied States Marine Lines' (Isco's) claim for indemnification from Keene. Under general maritime law, a non-settling defendant gets a settlement credit only…

  9. Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 14, 1998 · in the opinion

    In re Ethyl Corp. (1998)

    …184, 133 L.Ed.2d 122 (1995); see also Friendly, Federal Jurisdiction: A General View 120 (1973) (condemning "blackmail settlements"), quoted in In re Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc., 51 F.3d at 1298. On the other…

  10. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · June 18, 1990 · in the opinion

    Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1990)

    …under the circumstances of this action, Texas courts would carve out an exception to the general rule and allow punitive damages without proof of actual damages. The peculiar facts of this case create the rare circumstance…

  11. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · November 12, 1990 · in the opinion

    Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1990)

    …to concurrently produce a single injury, the plaintiff may recover from the defendant for the entire injury. Shipp v. General Motors Corporation, 750 F.2d 418, 425-26 (5th Cir.1985). The plaintiff need only show…

  12. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · September 8, 1993 · in the opinion

    Keene Corp. v. Rogers (1993)

    …Keene does not dispute that Alabama law should control the case in general but it contends that since the appellees did not prove and the trial court did not judicially notice any Alabama law on this…

  13. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 5, 1999 · in the opinion

    Pittsburgh Corning Corp. v. Walters (1999)

    …be raised at any point in the proceeding. A preliminary motion is, therefore, necessary to assure the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. General Chem. Corp. v. De La Lastra, 852 S.W.2d 916…

  14. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · May 14, 1998 · in the opinion

    Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Sitz (1998)

    …differently. \ \ \ \ \ \ We have concluded that the preferable approach for dealing with these problems in the federal courts is not to preclude the use of offensive collateral estoppel....The general rule should be that in cases where..…

  15. Court case · Texas Supreme Court · June 5, 1998 · in the opinion

    Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Malone (1998)

    …awards by holding that procedural safeguards provide all the protection that is necessary. See, e.g., Scheufler v. General Host Corp., 126 F.3d 1261, 1272 (10 th Cir.1997); Cathey v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.…

  16. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 31, 1992 · in the opinion

    Keene Corp. v. Gardner (1992)

    …cases alleging design defect, the fact finder must consider the product's utility and the risk involved in its use. Turner v. General Motors Corp., 584 S.W.2d 844, 847 see Boatland of Houston, Inc…

  17. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 12, 1996 · in the opinion

    Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Schmidt (1996)

    …of the fee against the two minor Schmidt children. Schmidt argues taxing costs against the minor plaintiffs was error because the record does not show good cause for disregarding the general requirement of TEX.R. CIV…