July 2020

July 25, 2020 Dear All: Well, I guess we’ve returned to what more or less passes for normal these days.  I hope everyone remains safe and well. Table of Contents An objection that a discovery request is overbroad is sufficiently specific to preserve that complaint Discovery The complaint you make on appeal must be the […]

Dear Friends: First, Great News! According to recent Tweets by Black Hawthorne, the websites of almost all Texas courts of appeals have started replicating, meaning that those websites now reflect all documents filed in the various cases. Various items still need updating by hand, but the various courts have started working on those, as well.

July 11, 2020 Dear Folks: I didn’t bother you with an update last week because the only error preservation cases I ran across involved parties failing to raise complaints in the trial court. This week provided a couple of more meaty morsels for your stew. Table of Contents We have an extensive discussion of the