Plaintiff customer brought an action against defendant store for false imprisonment, after suffering a heart attack shortly after being stopped by a store employee before exiting the store and being escorted to see the manager because he was putting on...

A father of a marine who was killed in the line of duty filed suit against protestors, who picketed for about 30 minutes before the funeral of his son began on public land approximately 1,000 feet from the church where the funeral was held. The protesters...

The 22 acres surrounding the Texas State Capitol contained 17 monuments and 21 historical markers commemorating the people, ideals, and events that compose Texan identity. A citizen sued numerous state officials in their official capacities, seeking both...

Plaintiff employee filed an action against defendant employer, alleging age discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The court dismissed the complaint without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. The employer then...

The parties entered into a contract whereby the appellant contractor would be permitted to deposit its construction waste as it engaged in work on the nearby turnpike. Appellee landowners filed the action and claimed that the contract was supposed to...

Defendant manufactured cooling units that contained steel tubing that it purchased from defendant supplier. The suppliers' acknowledgement form disclaimed all liability for consequential damages and limited its liability for defects in the tubing...

Appellant truck leasing company filed a negligence action against appellee property owner and other defendants for property damage. Appellant incurred its damages when a partially demolished building caught fire and collapsed on a truck owned by appellant...

Defendants were indicted on seven counts each charging a conspiracy, in violation of § 37 of the Criminal Code, the conspiracy statute, to violate a separate internal revenue law. The trial judge submitted the case to the jury on the theory that...

Defendant fox hunters repeatedly crossed the plaintiff landowners' property with their hounds while in pursuit of a fox. The hounds killed and harassed the plaintiffs' livestock and disrupted experiments that he was conducting. Plaintiff brought...

Defendant television network, producer, and star reporter produced a program on Medicare fraud involving the elderly and unnecessary cataract surgeries. The program featured plaintiff ophthalmic clinic and ophthalmologists. Plaintiffs were unaware that...