Oct. 8, 2009 - Gov. Rick Perry Appoints Eva Guzman to vacancy on Texas Supreme Court (click to see press release) Recent Opinions Written by Justice Eva Guzman in Civil Appeal Also see --> 2008 Civil Case Opinions by Justice Guzman Rowan Companies, Inc. v. Wilmington Trust Co. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 8, 2009)(Guzman) (federal maritime contract, offshore drilling, construct construction, loss of oil rig, appraisal procedure) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Guzman Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Guzman 14-07-00465-CV Rowan Companies, Inc. v. Wilmington Trust Company, Not in Its Individual Capacity but Solely as Owner Trustee of the Rowan-Halifax Jack-Up Rig, TEXTRON FINANCIAL CORPORATION, NORTH SEA INVESTMENTS, INC., and NORTH SEA (CONNECTICUT LP Appeal from 215th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: LEVI JAMES BENTON Dissenting Opinion by Justice Frost in Rowan Companies, Inc. v. Wilmington Trust Company All Star Enterprise, Inc. v. Buchanan (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 8, 2009)(Guzman) (wrongful death survival action, industrial accident, special appearances, general jurisdiction, specific jurisdiction) AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED & REMANDED IN PART: Opinion by Justice Guzman Before Justices Anderson, Guzman and Boyce 14-08-01064-CV All Star Enterprise, Inc. (aka Bernard Well Service, Antero Resources Corporation incorrectly named and sued as Antero Resources Corporation aka Antero Piceance Corporation, Antero Resources Piceance Corporation and Frontier Drilling, LLC v. Erin Buchanan, Individually, as Representative of the Estate of Joseph Buchanan, Jr., and as next friend of Christopher D. Buchanan and Taylor N. Buchanan, Minors Appeal from 113th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Patricia Ann Hancock Leigh v. Kuenstler (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 1, 2009)(Guzman) (DTPA, dispute about allegedly inadequate UIM insurance coverage; insurance agent's duty to procure insurance; judgment for defendant affirmed) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Eva Guzman Before Justices Anderson, Guzman and Boyce 14-08-00245-CV Theresa Leigh v. Richard Kuenstler, Jr. Appeal from 55th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Jeff Shadwick Ross v. Union Carbide Corp. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 25, 2009) (en banc opinion by Guzman) (survivors' asbestos claims for exemplary damages and loss of consortium barred by release signed by worker prior to his death) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Eva Guzman Before Price, Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates, Anderson, Frost, Seymore, Guzman, Brown and Sullivan 14-07-00860-CV Marjorie Ross, Joan Seelback, Timothy R. Ross, James R. Ross, Billy R. Ross and Robert R. Ross v. Union Carbide Corporation Appeal from 133rd District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Lamar McCorkle Concurring Opinion by Justice Frost in Marjorie Ross, Joan Seelback, Timothy R. Ross, James R. Ross, Billy R. Ross and Robert R. Ross v. Union Carbide Corporation (no point in en banc review) Concurring Opinion by Senior Justice Price in Marjorie Ross, Joan Seelback, Timothy R. Ross, James R. Ross, Billy R. Ross and Robert R. Ross v. Union Carbide Corporation (disagreeing with supreme court precedent and reluctantly concurring) Trial court had jurisdiciton to grant divorce from nonresident spouse, but nothing else. Church v. Quick (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jul. 14, 2009)(Guzman)(restricted appeal, a nonresident spouse)(Because the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over the nonresident spouse, the court of appeals modifies the judgment to eliminate all relief other than the divorce and affirms the judgment as modified.) AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED: Opinion by Justice Guzman Before Justices Anderson, Guzman and Boyce 14-08-00131-CV Joyce Gail Church v. Kenneth Richard Quick Appeal from 246th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Jim York Jones v. Smith (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jul. 14, 2009) (real estate law: action to quiet title, not bona fide purchaser, quantum meruit cross-claim, findings of fact and conclusions of law) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Guzman Before Justices Brock Yates, Guzman and Sullivan 14-08-00639-CV Guy Jones v. Jeanne M. Smith and Peter A. Morgenroth Appeal from 405TH District Court of Galveston County Trial Court Judge: Wayne J. Mallia Also see --> 2009 Civil Case Opinions by Justice Guzman OPINION PRODUCTION: Over the course of Fiscal Year 2008, which ended Aug. 31, 2009, Justice Eva M. Guzman contributed a total of 151 opinions to the courts total output of 1,199. Of these, 71 were signed opinions on the merits, 64 per curiam opinions, and 16 were other opinions. Justice Guzman delivered the second-highest number of separate opinions on the court during that time period: Seven dissents and one concurrence. Also see --> 2008 Civil Case Opinions by Justice Guzman Also see --> 2007 Civil Case Opinions by Justice Guzman |
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