Denial of emergency motion to stay and mandamus relief in a case in which the trial court granted a new trial based on its finding that the jury's defense verdict was against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence.

Successfully defeated petition for review in a medical malpractice case in Navarro v. Washington, 10-13-00248-CV, 2014 WL 1882763 (Tex. App.—Waco May 8, 2014, pet. denied) (mem. op.), which upheld the sufficiency of the patient’s expert doctors’ reports under Chapter 74.

Rejecting the self-critical analysis privilege and requiring the production of relevant reports in a products liability case.

Denial of petition for mandamus when the defendant challenged the trial court’s new trial order which was based on the jury’s verdict being against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence.

Requiring return of erroneously forfeited attorney’s fees.

Reversing a summary judgment concluding that a law firm failed to prove that attorney’s fees of over $1 million for just over 2 months of work in representing a small business was reasonable and necessary under the Arthur Anderson factors.

Denial of petition for review in case challenging a Chapter 74 expert report in a medical malpractice case. 

Upholding monetary sanctions against a defense attorney who violated a court order by making ex parte contacts with a plaintiff’s treating physicians.

Upholding jury verdict in an automobile design defect case finding circumstantial evidence to support causation and sufficient evidence of an unreasonably dangerous design and of a safer alternative design.

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Upholding default judgment after death penalty discovery sanctions, actual and punitive damages, and enforceability of a non-compete agreement.

In a case involving product liability design defect tried to a favorable jury verdict, settling after oral argument.