Swearing to Behave
Chamberlain♦McHaney in the News: The following article appeared in this week’s Texas Lawyer Magazine: continue reading...
Texas Update!
David E. Chamberlain has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas for 2015-16. The State Bar of Texas has almost 100,000 members and is the second largest bar association in the nation. continue reading...
Texas Supreme Court Rules Today
Texas Supreme Court Rules Today that Non-Use of Seat Belt is Admissible in Determining Apportionment of Fault in Personal Injury Case: But it must be relevant to causation of injury: The common law rule historically in Texas has been that non-use of a seat belt by the plaintiff is not admissible for the purposes of apportioning fault in a personal injury case. The reasoning for so long has been that the non-use of a seat belt could not have caused a collision, so the evidence was legally irrelevant. continue reading...
Bill Would Limit Health Care Liability Claims
By Angela Morris, Texas Lawyer, @AMorrisReports A recently filed tort reform bill would take a step backward by actually limiting how past medical malpractice reforms apply to claimants. continue reading...
