Opinions

Justice Lehrmann delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Green, Justice Guzman, Justice Boyd, Justice Devine, Justice Brown, Justice Blacklock, and Justice Busby joined as to Parts I, II, III(A), III(B), and III(C), and in which Justice Green, Justice Guzman, Justice Devine, and Justice Busby joined as to Part III(D). PDF

Justice Boyd delivered an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. View Electronic Briefs | Oral Argument PDF

Chief Justice Hecht delivered an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Justice Brown and Justice Blacklock joined. PDF

Court of Appeals

Appellate District:	4th Court of Appeals
Outcome Below:	Affirmed
COA Docket No.:	04-17-00252-CV
Opinion Author:	Honorable Sandee Bryan Marion

Trial Court

Trial Court:	37th District Court
County:	Bexar
Trial Judge:	Honorable Peter Sakai
Trial Docket:	2015CI06130

Date	Event	Outcome
2019-12-13	Mandate issued
2019-12-13	Motion for Rehearing - Disposed	Denied
	This case was waiting for a decision about a pending motion for rehearing between September 30, 2019 and December 13, 2019.
2019-09-30	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2019-08-30	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2019-08-23	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2019-08-14	Motion for Rehearing
2019-07-11	Motion for Extension of Time to File Motion for Rehearing
2019-07-11	Motion for Extension of Time to File Motion for Rehearing disposed	Filing granted
2019-06-28	Concurring and Dissenting Opinion delivered	Issued
2019-06-28	Concurring and Dissenting Opinion delivered	Issued
2019-06-28	Opinion issued	Court affirms in part and reverses in part CA judgment and remands to trial court
2019-06-28	Court approved judgment sent to attorneys of record	Issued
	This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between March 19, 2019 and June 28, 2019.
2019-03-19	Post submission brief filed (Respondent)
2019-02-25	Post submission brief filed (Petitioner)
2019-02-21	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2019-02-20	Oral argument
2019-02-13	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2019-02-06	Additional citations received. (Respondent)
2019-02-05	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2019-01-29	Oral Argument Submission Form from Attorney received
2019-01-29	Oral Argument Submission Form from Attorney received
2019-01-18	Petition for Review disposed	Filing granted
2019-01-18	Petition for Review granted
2019-01-18	Case set for oral argument	Case set for oral argument
	This case was pending on merits briefs between November 5, 2018 and January 18, 2019.
2018-11-05	Reply Brief (Petitioner)
2018-10-23	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2018-10-22	Electronic communication sent to Party
2018-10-22	Electronic communication received from Party
2018-10-22	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2018-10-05	Brief on the Merits (Respondent)
2018-08-31	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2018-08-31	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2018-08-08	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2018-08-08	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2018-08-01	Brief on the Merits (Petitioner)
2018-07-02	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2018-07-02	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2018-06-07	Case Record Filed
2018-06-01	Brief on the Merits Requested
2018-06-01	Record Requested in Petition for Review
2018-04-20	Miscellaneous motion disposed. See Remarks.	Filing granted
2018-04-19	Miscellaneous Motion
2018-04-19	Letter brief (Respondent)
2018-04-11	Response to Petition (Respondent)
	This case was waiting for a decision about briefing or a possible grant between February 15, 2018 and April 11, 2018.
2018-02-15	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response
2018-02-15	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response disposed	Filing granted
2018-02-09	Supreme Court of Texas Requested Response
2018-01-30	Letter Filed
2018-01-09	Case forwarded to Court
2018-01-03	Response Waiver filed
2017-12-21	Petition for Review (Petitioner)

Party	Counsel	Role
Ortiz, Oscar	Mr. Joshua P. Davis Ms. Katherine Mary James	Petitioner
State Farm Lloyds	Ms. Jennifer Gibbins Durbin Ms. Amanda Louise Hazleton Ms. Melissa A. Lorber Mr. Craig T. Enoch	Respondent

Amicus Curiae	Counsel
Central Mutural Insurance Company	Mr. Russell J. Bowman
Texas Automobile Dealers Association	Mr. Marc E. Gravely Mr. Matthew R. Pearson Mr. Jonathan C. Lisenby Mr. Brendan K. McBride
Texas Hospital Association	Mr. Brendan K. McBride Mr. Matthew R. Pearson Mr. Marc E. Gravely Mr. Jonathan C. Lisenby
Texas League of Community Charter Schools	Mr. Jonathan C. Lisenby Mr. Matthew R. Pearson Mr. Brendan K. McBride Mr. Marc E. Gravely
Independent Bankers Association of Texas	Mr. Matthew R. Pearson Mr. Brendan K. McBride Mr. Marc E. Gravely Mr. Jonathan C. Lisenby
Texas Hotel & Lodging Association	Mr. Jonathan C. Lisenby Mr. Marc E. Gravely Mr. Brendan K. McBride Mr. Matthew R. Pearson
Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association	Mr. Brendan K. McBride Mr. Marc E. Gravely Mr. Matthew R. Pearson Mr. Jonathan C. Lisenby
Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals	Mr. Matthew R. Pearson Mr. Brendan K. McBride Mr. Jonathan C. Lisenby Mr. Marc E. Gravely
Texas Association of Community Schools	Mr. Jonathan C. Lisenby Mr. Matthew R. Pearson Mr. Marc E. Gravely Mr. Brendan K. McBride
Insurance Counsel of Texas	Mr. Wade C. Crosnoe Mr. Jay Thompson
American Property Casualty Insurance Association	Mr. Wade C. Crosnoe Mr. Jay Thompson
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies	Mr. Wade C. Crosnoe Mr. Jay Thompson
Texas Association of Mutual Insurance Companies	Mr. John Sepehri Mr. Edward D. Burbach Ms. Kimberly A. Yelkin
Texans for Lawsuit Reform	Mr. E. Lee Parsley