Lawsuits

J. Mark Penley, Ryan Vassar, David Maxwell and James Blake Brickman have alleged they were terminated in violation of the state’s whistleblower protection laws.

Tony Timpa, 32, died while in Dallas police custody in 2016. His family filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against four Dallas police officers, alleging one's use of excessive force led to Timpa's death.

The protections are particularly important as urban sprawl continues in Texas.

Judge Don Cosby plans to decide next week whether Tarrant County has jurisdiction in a lawsuit filed by Arlington nuns against Fort Worth’s Bishop Michael Olson.

The high court left intact a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a case many feared would go the other way. The decision’s importance in ongoing litigation over Texas’ political maps will largely be felt in what didn’t happen.

Bishop Michael Olson of the Catholic Diocese addressed an ongoing dispute between him and a group of Arlington nuns in a YouTube video Sunday. The situation includes a lawsuit and allegations of drug use and a violation of chastity.

The court could circumvent local appeals courts in lawsuits against Texas. So, what does that mean for everyday Texans?

The verdict came Wednesday less than a day after closing arguments.

Lawyers want a Dallas County jury to decide who is responsible for the crucial mistake that caused a tower crane to collapse into Elan City Lights apartment complex in 2019.

According to one of the Texas attorney general’s aides, the state has already spent nearly $600,000 defending Paxton. The aide conceded the state could end up having to pay even more if it were to litigate the case and lose.

Southwest investors are seeking damages for what they say is the carrier's negligence.

The lawsuit, which a judge has combined with a similar suit by Latino and Black voters, will go to trial at the end of September, too late to affect this year’s midterm elections.