Opinions

Justice Brister delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice Jefferson, Justice O'Neill, Justice Wainwright, Justice Medina, Justice Green, and Justice Johnson PDF

Justice Hecht delivered an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part PDF

Court of Appeals

Appellate District:	3rd Court of Appeals
Outcome Below:	Reversed and Remanded
COA Docket No.:	03-03-00374-CV
Opinion Author:	Honorable David E. Puryear

Trial Court

Trial Court:	261st District Court
County:	Travis
Trial Judge:	Honorable Scott H. Jenkins
Trial Docket:	GV202501

Date	Event	Outcome
2007-07-26	Case Stored
2007-07-13	Case remanded and record returned to the Court of Appeals.
2007-07-13	Mandate issued
	This case was waiting for a possible rehearing motion between April 27, 2007 and July 13, 2007.
2007-04-27	Court approved judgment sent to attorneys of record	Issued
2007-04-27	Concurring and Dissenting Opinion delivered	Issued
2007-04-27	Opinion issued	Court of Appeals' judgment reversed; remanded to Court of Appeals
	This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between January 25, 2007 and April 27, 2007.
2007-01-25	Oral argument
	This case was waiting for oral argument between November 6, 2006 and January 25, 2007.
2006-11-06	Address Change
2006-10-27	Motion to Recuse disposed	Filing dismissed as moot
2006-10-27	Case set for oral argument	Case set for oral argument
2006-10-27	Petition for Review granted
2006-10-27	Petition for Review granted
2006-10-27	Petition for Review disposed	Filing granted
2006-10-27	Case set for oral argument	Case set for oral argument
2006-10-27	Petition for Review disposed	Filing granted
	This case was pending on merits briefs between April 4, 2006 and October 27, 2006.
2006-04-04	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2006-04-04	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2006-04-03	Reply Brief (Petitioner)
2006-04-03	Reply Brief (Petitioner)
2006-03-21	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2006-03-17	Motion for leave to file brief disposed	Filing granted
2006-03-15	Amended Brief filed (Respondent)
2006-03-15	Motion for Leave to File Amended Brief filed
2006-03-10	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2006-03-06	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2006-02-28	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2006-02-27	Brief on the Merits (Respondent)
2006-01-31	Reply to Response to Motion
2006-01-31	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2006-01-27	Call received
2006-01-27	Call received
2006-01-26	Response to Motion filed
2006-01-26	Response to Motion filed
2006-01-24	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2006-01-24	Appendix Filed (Respondent)
2006-01-24	Brief on the Merits (Respondent)
2006-01-20	Motion to Recuse filed
2006-01-05	Call received
2006-01-04	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2006-01-04	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2006-01-03	Appendix Filed (Respondent)
2006-01-03	Brief on the Merits (Respondent)
2005-12-28	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2005-12-22	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2005-12-12	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-12-07	Appendix Filed (Petitioner)
2005-12-07	Appendix Filed (Petitioner)
2005-12-07	Brief on the Merits (Petitioner)
2005-12-07	Brief on the Merits (Petitioner)
2005-12-01	Motion to Recuse disposed	Filing dismissed as moot
2005-11-22	Motion to Recuse filed
2005-10-31	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2005-10-27	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2005-09-29	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-09-21	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2005-09-19	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-09-19	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-09-19	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-09-19	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2005-09-14	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-09-14	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-09-09	Case Record Filed
2005-09-07	Record Requested in Petition for Review
2005-09-06	Brief on the Merits Requested
2005-07-25	Notice from Counsel of a change in address
2005-07-20	Letter Filed
2005-06-28	Reply to Response (Petitioner)
2005-06-28	Response to Petition (Respondent)
2005-06-21	Reply to Response (Petitioner)
2005-06-17	Motion to Extend Time to File Reply filed
2005-06-17	MET to file reply disposed of	Filing granted
2005-06-07	Case forwarded to Court
2005-06-07	Case forwarded to Court
2005-06-06	Response to Petition (Respondent)
2005-05-09	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Form Letter sent in response to motion for extension of time
2005-05-06	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response
2005-05-04	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response disposed	Filing granted
2005-05-03	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response
2005-04-04	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response disposed	Filing granted
2005-04-04	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response disposed	Filing granted
2005-04-01	Address Change
2005-03-31	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response
2005-03-31	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response
2005-03-21	Response Waiver filed
2005-03-07	Appendix Filed (Petitioner)
2005-03-07	Petition for Review #2 (Petitioner)
2005-03-07	Petition for Review (Petitioner)
2005-03-07	Appendix Filed (Petitioner)

Party	Counsel	Role
Farmers Underwriters Association	Ms. Marcy Hogan Greer	Petitioner
Fire Underwriters Association	Ms. Marcy Hogan Greer	Petitioner
Texas Farmers Insurance Company	Ms. Marcy Hogan Greer	Petitioner
Lubin, Jan	Mr. Michael T. Gallagher Mr. Stephen L. McCleery Mr. Philip K. Maxwell Mr. Daniel M. Downey Mr. Joe K. Longley	Respondent
Farmers Insurance Exchange	Ms. Marcy Hogan Greer	Petitioner
Mid-Century Insurance Company of Texas	Ms. Marcy Hogan Greer	Petitioner
Mid-Century Insurance Company	Ms. Marcy Hogan Greer	Petitioner
Farmer Group Inc.	Ms. Katherine D. Mackillop Mr. Richard N. Carrell Mr. Layne E. Kruse Mr. Gerard G. Pecht Ms. Marcy Hogan Greer Ms. Mary S. Dietz Mr. M. Scott Incerto	Petitioner
Truck Insurance Exchange	Ms. Marcy Hogan Greer	Petitioner
Truck Underwriters Association	Ms. Marcy Hogan Greer	Petitioner
Farmers Texas County Mutual Insurance Company	Ms. Marcy Hogan Greer	Petitioner
Paladino, Michael	Mr. David H. Burrow	Respondent
State of Texas	Mr. David C. Mattax Mr. John M. Hohengarten Mr. James R. Wenzel Mr. Jeff M. Graham Ms. Lisa Royce Eskow Ms. Amy Warr Attorney General Greg W. Abbott Mr. Barry Ross McBee Mr. Edward D. Burbach Mr. Rafael Edward Cruz Mr. Paul D. Carmona	Petitioner
Hooks, Gerald	Mr. Joseph C. Blanks	Respondent
Hooks, Lesly K.	Mr. Joseph C. Blanks	Respondent
Villanueva, Gilberto	Mr. David H. Burrow Mr. Russell S. Post Mr. Dwight E. Jefferson Mr. David W. Jones	Respondent