law-DWI

DWI-RELATED DECISIONS FROM THE HOUSTON COURTS OF APPEALS

Wilson v. Davis (Tex.App. - Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 14, 2009)(Taft)   
(wrongful death DWI, intoxicated driver, theories of corporate liability for deadly car wreck caused by
intoxicated individual, respondeat superior, course and scope of employment, piercing corporate veil, alter
ego theory, and others)  
REVERSE TC JUDGMENT AND RENDER JUDGMENT:
Opinion by Justice Taft  
Before Justices Taft, Keyes and Alcala
01-06-00424-CV Rhonda Wilson and Thomas Stevenson, et al. v. Sam Davis, Amalgam Western, et al  
Appeal from Probate Court No 1 of Harris County

Kurtzemann v. TDPS (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 6, 2009)(Radack)
(attempted challenge to driver's license suspension; failure to pursue and exhaust administrative remedies
dooms judicial review suit)  
AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Chief Justice Radack  
Before Chief Justice Radack, Justices Taft and Sharp
01-08-00543-CV  David Kurtzemann v. Texas Department of Public Safety   
Appeal from County Civil Ct at Law No 1 of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Hon. R. Jack Cagle

CRIMINAL CASE:
Wood v. State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] June 5, 2008)(Nuchia)
(DWI, ineffective assistance of counsel)
REVERSE TC JUDGMENT AND REMAND CASE TO TC FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS:
Opinion by Justice Nuchia  
Before Justices Nuchia, Keyes and Higley
01-06-00321-CR Peter R. Wood v. The State of Texas
Appeal from County Court at Law of Washington County
Dissenting Opinion by Justice Keyes    

Mike Seymour Mount v. The State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 15, 2007)(Frost)(DWI)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Frost
Before Justices Anderson, Edelman and Frost
14-05-00842-CR        Mike Seymour Mount v. The State of Texas
Appeal from Co Crim Ct at Law No 11 of Harris County
Mike Seymour Mount v. The State of Texas (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 15, 2007)(Concurrence by
Edelman)
Concurring Opinion by Justice Edelman