Police officer plaintiff failed to establish jurisdiction in Worker’s Compensation Act case

  Jamie Harvel and the Austin Police Association v Texas Department of Insurance- Division of Workers’ Compensation And Commissioner Rod Borderlon, In His Official Capacity, 13-14-00095-CV, (Tex. App.– Corpus Christi, May 21, 2015). This is an interlocutory appeal from the granting of
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Firefighter collaterally estopped from challenging compelled arbitration for health benefits says San Antonio Court of Appeals

City of San Antonio v. Gerard Cortes, 04-14-00301-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 29, 2015) This is a civil service/collective bargaining case involving the City’s motion to compel arbitration which the court of appeals agreed should be granted. The Collective Bargaining
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Firefighter permitted to replead to establish jurisdiction for dispute over pre-employment contract to civil service job

Jamil Saifi v. City of Texas City, 14-13-00815-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], April 21, 2015), mem. Op. This is a civil service/collective bargaining case involving a firefighter where the First District Court of Appeals reversed the granting of the City’s
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Fort Worth Court of Appeals upholds jury award for partial taking and partial implied dedication in inverse-condemnation case

City of Justin, Texas v. Rimrock Enterprises, Inc., 02-13-00461-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, April 2, 2015) This is an inverse-condemnation suit where the Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part an award for the property owner.
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