Is Justice for Sale In Texas?

Is Justice for Sale In Texas?

Wyatt addresses bias at the Texas Supreme Court stemming from how the justices are elected. Patronage and rulings that are beholden to major campaign donors cast a shadow on the Court’s integrity and the way these justices make it to the bench. Join Wyatt and a Supreme Court candidate as they discuss these all too real issues. GUEST: Michele Petty, Candidate for Supreme Court of Texas Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your...

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Are We Now Responsible for Contracts We Never Signed?

Are We Now Responsible for Contracts We Never Signed?

Wyatt and guest explain an absurd new ruling that holds a person accountable for a contract that she never agreed to or signed. This destruction of fundamental contract law in In Re Weekley Homes was done solely to benefit a big corporation homebuilder and send an injured lady packing. GUEST: Mitchell Ginsburg, attorney from Austin, Texas Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your...

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Insurers Escaping Duties In Uninsured Motorist Cases

Insurers Escaping Duties In Uninsured Motorist Cases

Wyatt exposes how Texas insurers are regularly escaping their duties to policyholders in uninsured/underinsured motorist cases. Regular Texans are getting left out in the cold once again due to the ruling in Brainard v. Trinity Universal Insurance Co. Guest: Trevor Taylor, Attorney from Austin Texas Listen To The Audio Podcast Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your...

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Injured Employees in Further Danger of Abuse

Injured Employees in Further Danger of Abuse

Wyatt discusses the crippling ruling of the Texas Supreme Court in Port Elevator v. Casados, which strikes a blow against every employee in Texas. No longer does an employee actually have to receive compensation benefits in order for the employer to be immune from suit after causing an employee’s injuries. GUEST: Mike Doyle, attorney from Houston, Texas Listen To The Audio Podcast: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your...

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Decade of Disaster at the Texas Supreme Court

Decade of Disaster at the Texas Supreme Court

Wyatt reviews a recent report from the non-partisan watchdog group Court Watch, entitled “Thumbs on the Scale—A Retrospective of the Texas Supreme Court 2000-2010.” The report details statistics showing that consumers lose against big business almost 80% of the time at the Texas Supreme Court, and that the high court reverses 74% of all jury verdicts in consumer cases. Guest: Alex Winslow, Exec. Director of Texas Watch Listen To The Audio Podcast: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Show Resources: TexasWatch.org Article TexasWatch.org...

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Loss of the Texas Collateral Source Rule

Loss of the Texas Collateral Source Rule

Wyatt discusses the Texas Supreme Court’s abandonment of 128 years of Texas law in its ruling in Haygood v. Escabedo which virtually eliminated the time tested legal maxim known as the Collateral Source Rule—an equitable concept practiced nationwide, but no longer in Texas. Guest: Kirk Pittard, attorney from Dallas, Texas Listen To The Audio Podcast: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your...

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