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OUR VISION: SUCCESS BASED ON LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIPS FORGED IN INTEGRITY, EXCELLENCE, COMMITMENT AND TEAMWORK. Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C. is pleased to provide you with the 50th Anniversary Edition of our Newsletter and Legal Update. Below you will find information regarding successes and activities of our attorneys. Please click the hyperlinks for updates....
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On July 1, 2011, The Texas Supreme Court issued a significant opinion addressing and interpreting Section 41.0105 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code. In Haygood v. Garza de Escabedo, No. 09-0377, 2011 Tex. LEXIS 514 (Tex. 2011), Justice Hecht, writing for the majority, addressed the “paid or incurred” provisions of Section 41.0105, and....
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2011 TORT REFORM LEGISLATION The 2011 session of the Texas Legislature produced two new laws that further the legislative tort reform efforts that began in 2003: I. HB 274 – Effective September 1, 2011 A. Article 1 amends §22.004, Texas Government Code, to add a new subsection (g) that provides for the Supreme....
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50th ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON– JUNE 16,....
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FHMBK Defends Two Elementary School Principals in “Candy Cane” Case Appeal at U.S. 5th Circuit Court in New Orleans The much-discussed “Candy Cane” case is scheduled to be argued on Monday, May 23 in the U.S. 5th Circuit Court in New Orleans. Thomas Brandt, Joshua Skinner and David Upham of the Dallas law firm of....
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Texas Lawyer reports significant victory by FHMBK before Supreme Court of Texas – In Re Universal Underwriters. Read the full article: Texas Lawyer Raising the....
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On Friday, May 6, 2011, the Supreme Court of Texas issued a unanimous decision in In re Universal Underwriters of Texas Insurance Company. The court concluded that the trial court abused its discretion in denying Universal’s motion to compel appraisal based on Universal’s alleged waiver of the appraisal provision in its commercial property policy. The....
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Texas Insurance Case Has Broad Implications for Insurers and Consumers - Fanning Harper’s Don D. Martinson argues In Re Universal Underwriters before Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN, Texas – A case currently pending before the Supreme Court of Texas could dramatically change the Texas insurance market, says attorney Don D. Martinson, counsel to Universal Underwriters of....
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Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C. is announcing the addition of Jennifer Kelley and Laura O’Leary as....
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Hot Topics in Constitutional, Civil Rights and Local Government Law By Thomas P. Brandt, John F. Roehm III, Joshua A. Skinner, Francisco J. Valenzuela and John D.....
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