Employer Liability Issues, Employment Litigation, TX Supreme Court

Texas Supreme Court Lets Employers Shift Fault To Third Parties In Worker Injury Suits: Key Takeaways For Workers’ Comp...

Fisher Phillips on 6/16/2025

Texas employers that opt out of the state’s workers’ compensation program recently received a big win that will impact litigation strategies. While workers’ comp provides a no-fault system, employers that elect not to...more

Landmark Texas Supreme Court Case Finds No “Direct Liability” for Franchisor Arising Out of Franchisee Employee’s Actions

Polsinelli on 5/14/2025

On May 2, 2025, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a Texas Court of Appeals’ decision that had affirmed a jury’s verdict finding a franchisor directly liable to the customer of a franchisee for actions undertaken by the...more

Asking Again-Do You Really Want to Keep Paying Commissions to the Salesperson You Fired? (Update)

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/30/2024

We previously wrote about the procuring-cause doctrine here. As a refresher, the procuring-cause doctrine provides that a salesperson or other agent who contracts for a commission becomes entitled to payment of the commission...more

Employer Liability for Acts of Employee | Texas Supreme Court Revisits Vicarious Liability, the “Come-And-Go” Rule, and the...

Freeman Law on 1/5/2023

On December 30, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Cameron International Corporation v. Martinez, __ S.W.3d __, 2022 WL __ (Tex. Dec. 30, 2022) (per curiam) (“Cameron”). The opinion addresses vicarious...more

Texas Supreme Court Compels Arbitration after Nine Years: Why Employers Should be Cautious in Placement of Mandatory Arbitration...

FordHarrison on 8/30/2022

Executive Summary: In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court upheld the validity of an arbitration clause in a case that had been in litigation for over nine years without the claim ever being heard. See In re Whataburger...more

Employer Liability Issues › Employment Litigation › TX Supreme Court

Texas Supreme Court Lets Employers Shift Fault To Third Parties In Worker Injury Suits: Key Takeaways For Workers’ Comp...

Landmark Texas Supreme Court Case Finds No “Direct Liability” for Franchisor Arising Out of Franchisee Employee’s Actions

Asking Again-Do You Really Want to Keep Paying Commissions to the Salesperson You Fired? (Update)

Employer Liability for Acts of Employee | Texas Supreme Court Revisits Vicarious Liability, the “Come-And-Go” Rule, and the...

Texas Supreme Court Compels Arbitration after Nine Years: Why Employers Should be Cautious in Placement of Mandatory Arbitration...

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