Supreme Court of Texas Decisions 2014
Date: December 19, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0425
Justia Opinion Summary: Bill Head, who owns and operates the Silver Spur Truck Stop in Pharr, Texas, hired Petroleum Solutions, Inc. to manufacture and install an underground fuel system. After the discovery that a major diesel-fuel release…
Date: December 19, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0435
Date: December 19, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0435
Justia Opinion Summary: After an investigation, the City of Houston declared the Park Memorial condominiums uninhabitable. Because the condominium owners did not apply for an occupancy certificate or make necessary repairs within the requisite…
Date: December 19, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0537
Date: December 19, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0537
Justia Opinion Summary: After the State Board for Educator Certification revoked the teaching certificate of a schoolteacher, the schoolteacher sued to overturn the revocation. The trial court concluded that the Board’s decision was not…
Date: December 19, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0686
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was court-martialed for sexual abuse and assault and imprisoned for eighteen years. Approximately two decades after the conviction, Petitioner applied to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for a…
Date: December 19, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0882
Date: December 19, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0907
Justia Opinion Summary: When Richmont Holdings, Inc. bought the assets of Superior Recharge Systems, LLC the parties signed an asset Purchase Agreement that contained an arbitration provision. Superior Discharge’s part-owner, Jon Blake, signed…
Date: November 21, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0485
Justia Opinion Summary: Teresa Corral-Lerma sued Border Demolition and Environmental, Inc. under the Texas Theft Liability Act. Border Demolition counterclaimed for attorney’s fees under the same Act. The trial court granted summary judgment in…
Date: November 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0094
Justia Opinion Summary: Rosaena Resendez was fired from her position at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) after she reported alleged wrongdoing to supervisors within the organization and to the office of a state senator.…
Date: November 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0815
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner had a one-year contract to serve as the head women’s basketball coach and a professor with Trinity Valley Community College (TVCC), a local governmental entity. Five months into the contract, TVCC fired…
Date: November 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0816
Date: November 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0816
Justia Opinion Summary: El Paso Marketing, L.P. provided gas for a power plant owned by Wolf Hollow I, L.P. The gas was transported to the plant through a pipeline owned by Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC. El Paso sued Wolf Hollow, and Wolf…
Date: November 21, 2014
Docket Number: 13-1006
Justia Opinion Summary: “In Texas, the general rule…is that an injured party cannot sue the tortfeasor’s insurer directly until the tortfeasor’s liability has been finally determined by agreement or judgment.” Plaintiff sued San Diego Tortilla…
Date: October 31, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0761
Justia Opinion Summary: Mary Erving filed suit against National Lloyds Insurance Company, alleging that National Lloyds had underpaid her insurance claims. During discovery, Erving requested production of all claims from the previous six years…
Date: October 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0158
Justia Opinion Summary: Ezequiel Castillo and other occupants of his Ford Explorer sued Ford Motor Company for injuries sustained in a roll-over accident, asserting design defects in the Explorer. During the jury’s deliberations, Ford Motor…
Date: October 3, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0277
Justia Opinion Summary: Husband filed for divorce from Wife in 2009. The first recital in the divorce decree indicated that the hearing resulting in the judgment occurred in November 2011 and that Wife attended the hearing. Another recital in…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0348
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents claimed that a road that was necessary for access to the party’s landlocked, previously unified parcel was a prior use easement. The trial court granted summary judgment for Respondents, finding they…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0563
Justia Opinion Summary: W. Kirk Burbage (Kirk) and the Burbage Funeral Home sued Allan Chadwick Burbage (Chad), Kirk’s brother, for defamation after Chad created a website to air his grievances with Kirk and sent letters to family friends…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0604
Justia Opinion Summary: Two subcontractors employed by Petitioner, a homebuilder, asserted claims on behalf of a class of subcontractors whose pay Petitioner had docked when the subcontractors did not furnish proof of adequate general liability…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0620
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0620
Justia Opinion Summary: This suit was between a physician and other medical providers. Finding that Plaintiff-physician filed baseless pleadings in bad faith and with an improper purpose, the trial court imposed sanctions in excess of one…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0621
Justia Opinion Summary: William Drennan worked as an executive with Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), a Texas-based corporation. During his employment, Drennan received several forms of compensation through the corporation’s executive…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0728
Justia Opinion Summary: An intellectually disabled and mentally ill mother (Mother) gave birth to a child when Mother was a teenager. When the child was two, she fell and suffered injuries to her teeth and jaw. The next day, the Texas…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0772
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0772
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a construction corporation, contracted to construct a wharf for Respondent, the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas. After the construction was to be completed, Petitioner sued, claiming damages…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0867
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0867
Justia Opinion Summary: Homeowner lived in a house that she insured with Farmers Insurance Exchange. The policy contained a clause suspending dwelling coverage if the house was vacant for more than sixty days. Homeowner subsequently moved into…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0043
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner worked for a BCG Attorney Search, Inc. until he left and started a competing firm. BCG’s president, Andrew Barnes, posted a statement on two of his websites implicating Petitioner in a kickback scheme during…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0073
Justia Opinion Summary: Tex. R. Civ. P. 202 allows a “proper court” to authorize a deposition to investigate a potential claim before it is filed. In this case, “the Trooper,” an anonymous blogger, launched an online attack on The Reynolds &…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0103
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0103
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent was injured while working on board a dredging vessel operated by Petitioner. Respondent sued Respondent under the Jones Act, arguing that he was injured working under a specific order. Under maritime law, when…
Date: August 29, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0234
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner granted Respondent a right of way to construct a pipeline across Petitioner’s property. The parties signed an agreement requiring Respondent to install the pipeline by boring underground in order to preserve…
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 10-0567
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 10-0567
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent, an employee of the Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS), reported wrongdoing to his supervisor. Respondent was disciplined by his supervisor, after which he reported the alleged violations he witnessed…
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0084
Justia Opinion Summary: The question presented to the Supreme Court in this case was whether Texas recognizes a legal right to stigma damages, which represent damage to the reputation of realty. Plaintiff, a ranch owner, sued Defendant, the…
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0096
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0096
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003, the Legislature enacted the Medical Liability Act, which contains a statute of repose that operates as a bar to claims that are not brought within ten years of the date of the medical treatment. In this case,…
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0161
Justia Opinion Summary: This mandamus proceeding related to a disciplinary proceeding against a former prosecutor Jon L. Hall, who allegedly suppressed exculpatory evidence in an aggravated robbery prosecution. The Commission for Lawyer…
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0409
Justia Opinion Summary: A trial court may substitute a regular juror with an alternate if the regular juror is unable to fulfill or is disqualified from fulfilling his duties. A trial court may only dismiss a juror and proceed with fewer than…
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0712
Justia Opinion Summary: On a cold winter day, Plaintiff, a mail carrier, had just delivered mail to the home of Homeowners when he slipped on the Homeowners' sidewalk and fell, allegedly injuring himself. One of the Homeowners had said “don’t…
Date: August 22, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0776
Justia Opinion Summary: A Homeowner contracted with a Builder to build a home on property owned by the Homeowner. The Builder contracted with a Plumber to put in the plumbing at the house. After the home was completed, the Builder and the…
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number: 10-0775
Justia Opinion Summary: Timothy Bostic died from mesothelioma, which can be caused by asbestos. Plaintiffs, Bostic’s family members, sued Georgia-Pacific Corporation and thirty-nine other defendants, alleging that Bostic had been exposed to…
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number: 10-0775
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number: 10-0775
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0425
Justia Opinion Summary: Bill Head, doing business as Bill Head Enterprises (Head), hired Petroleum Solutions, Inc. to manufacture and install an underground fuel system at the truck stop Head owned and operated. After a major diesel-fuel leak…
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0425
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 10-0846
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court articulated with greater clarity the standards governing whether an act of spoliation has occurred and the limits of a trial court’s discretion to impose certain remedies upon a finding of…
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0483
Justia Opinion Summary: The Porretto family owned several acres of property between the Galveston Seawall and the Gulf of Mexico. Due to the State’s repeated recharacterization of the Porretto’s property as public property, the Porrettos had…
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0617
Justia Opinion Summary: Joseph Emmite worked as an insulator at Union Carbide Corporation for approximately forty years before he died in 2005. In 2007, the Emmites filed a wrongful death suit against Union Carbide. Union Carbide filed a motion…
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0617
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0617
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0804
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this case was whether the statutory requirement that a plaintiff in any action for damages arising out of the provision of professional services by a licensed or registered professional file a supporting…
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0804
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0804
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0957
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this case was the Texas-resident exception to the forum non conveniens statute, which allows “plaintiffs” who are legal residents of Texas to bring a case in a Texas forum even if forum non conveniens would…
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1039
Justia Opinion Summary: A lessee leased a marina from a governmental entity providing that the premises be used only as a "marina, restaurant, gasoline and sundry sales and as a recreational facility.” When the governmental entity terminated…
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1039
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0838
Justia Opinion Summary: A family from Mexico hired Jose Marciel, a “coyote,” to transport them to Houston or New Orleans. Marciel collected the family at a house in Texas, and, before dawn, arrived at the private Jones Ranch. An employee of the…
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1002
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners owned the royalty interests under two oil and gas leases. The leases were later pooled to form the Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit (CCRU). Since the CCRU was formed, a method of enhanced oil recovery began to be…
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0014
Justia Opinion Summary: Randall Hughes was an employee and a minority shareholder of Cardiac Perfusion Services, Inc. (CPS). After Hughes’s employment terminated, CPS and Michael Joubran filed an action against Hughes and also requested…
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0116
Justia Opinion Summary: The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) removed a child from the custody of his Mother. After DFPS decided not to seek termination of Mother’s rights, the child’s Foster Parents filed suit, seeking…
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0447
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0447
Justia Opinion Summary: A minority shareholder (Plaintiff) filed suit against a closely held corporation and the corporation’s board of directors, alleging that the directors engaged in oppressive conduct and breached their fiduciary duties by…
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0810
Justia Opinion Summary: An owner contracted with an Architect to prepare plans and specifications for the construction of a light rail. A General Contractor was awarded the contract to construct the project. The Architect and General Contractor…
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0739
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0739
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents sold a collection of insurance companies to Petitioners in an agreement that contained an arbitration clause. Petitioners later invoked arbitration, alleging breach of contract. After Respondents complained…
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1013
Justia Opinion Summary: A corporation invited guests to a business retreat at the corporation’s expense at a lodge near the Gulf of Mexico. The lodge provided the guests with bay fishing from small boats. The corporation provided alcoholic…
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0156
Justia Opinion Summary: A mineral lessee operated two wells on two contiguous tracts of land. When one of the wells stopped producing, the lessee pooled parts of the two mineral leases. Landowners subsequently bought a tract of land that…
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0158
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued Ford Motor Company for injuries they sustained in a roll-over accident. The case was submitted to a jury. After the jury began its deliberations, the parties agreed to settle the case. Ford, however,…
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0450
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a patron of the Graham Central Station nightclub, was assaulted by other patrons of the club. Plaintiff sued Graham Central Station, Inc. (GCS), the nightclub’s purported owner, alleging that GCS failed to…
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0639
Justia Opinion Summary: Jimmy Carty died in an accident during his employment for the state. The workers’ compensation carrier for state employees (carrier) began paying death benefits to Christy, Jimmy’s wife, and the couple’s three minor…
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0289
Justia Opinion Summary: Keystone-Texas Property Holding Corporation owned the Rivercenter Mall and the ground beneath the San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk hotel. Keystone leased the hotel land to Petitioners, who owned and operated the hotel. In…
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0937
Justia Opinion Summary: Borrower borrowed $696,000 from Lenders. The note was secured by a deed of trust covering real property. Guarantor guaranteed the loan under a guaranty agreement that included a general waiver of defenses. Borrower…
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0122
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, two groups of cotton farmers, filed suits against the cooperative of which they were members under contract, alleging that they were fraudulently induced to join the cooperative. Plaintiffs’ agreements with…
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0606
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought suit in state court against two county sheriff’s department deputies stemming from the officers’ conduct incident to Plaintiff’s arrests. Plaintiff then brought suit in federal court against the county…
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number: 11-1015
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner filed an action in state court against Respondent, a county sheriff’s deputy, arising from an incident in which Petitioner was arrested at her home. Petitioner subsequently filed an action in federal court…
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0490
Justia Opinion Summary: After Plaintiff purchased a used yacht, the yacht’s starboard engine failed beyond repair. Plaintiff sued Defendant-manufacturer, alleging several causes of action, including breach of the implied warranty of…
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0968
Justia Opinion Summary: The trial court terminated Mother’s and Father’s parental rights to their three children on endangerment grounds and found that termination was in the children’s best interests. Father appealed the judgment. The court of…
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1006
Justia Opinion Summary: Shayn Proler, a firefighter with the Houston fire department, filed an administrative grievance seeking reassignment to a fire suppression unit under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. After a hearing,…
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0012
Justia Opinion Summary: Russell Gordon was stopped by City of Watauga police officers and arrested. Gordon subsequently sued the City for injuries to his wrists caused by the officers' use of handcuffs. The City filed a plea to the…
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0169
Justia Opinion Summary: Relators filed suit in Harris County for breach of contract and wrongful foreclosure against a Bank. The parties reached a settlement memorialized in a Rule 11 agreement. The trial court later dismissed all claims but…
Date: May 23, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0789
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners and Respondent entered into an agreement. The parties later disputed whether their agreement required Petitioners to indemnify Respondent for breaching certain representations and warranties in the agreement.…
Date: May 16, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0983
Justia Opinion Summary: Two Patients were injured in a car accident with Third-Party. Patients were treated at Hospital, and to secure payment, Hospital filed hospital liens under the Hospital Lien Statute. Patients settled with Third-Party and…
Date: May 16, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0321
Justia Opinion Summary: The Gobellans retained Law Firm to defend them and bring suit. Associate was assigned to the case. Associate later left Law Firm and took several clients, including Gobellans, with him. Law Firm sued Associate over…
Date: May 16, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0638
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, the recipients of a home equity loan, reached two loan modification agreements with Defendant, which reduced the interest rate and payments. Plaintiffs subsequently brought this class action against Defendant…
Date: May 16, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0749
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) filed suit to terminate Father’s parental rights to his two children. Two trials resulted in the termination of Father’s parental rights. In both…
Date: May 9, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0522
Justia Opinion Summary: Waste Management of Texas, Inc. (“WMT”) and Texas Disposal Systems Landfill, Inc. (“TDS”) competed for waste-disposal and landfill-services contracts with two Texas cities. During the bidding process, WMT anonymously…
Date: May 9, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0839
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and Defendant were competitors. Plaintiff sued Defendant for tortious interference with Plaintiff’s non-solicitation agreements with employees. Five days after receiving a settlement offer from Defendant,…
Date: May 2, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0163
Justia Opinion Summary: Mark Fisher and Reece Boudreaux were limited partners of Nighthawk Oilfield Services, Ltd. (“Nighthawk”), which acquired Richey Oilfield Construction, Inc. (“Richey Oil”) from Mike Richey. The business did not go well,…
Date: April 25, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0037
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a premises liability suit against Defendant, Whataburger Restaurants LP, for injuries sustained in a fight outside of Defendant’s restaurant. The jury rendered a 10-2 verdict in favor of Defendant, and…
Date: April 25, 2014
Docket Number: 11-1021
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents filed claims against Petitioners relating to certain oil and gas ventures. At issue in this case was Respondents’ assignment claim, which an involved an agreement between Respondents and Petitioners for…
Date: April 25, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0410
Justia Opinion Summary: The estate and survivors of Belinda Valdemar sued Health Care Unlimited, Inc. (HCU) and its employee, Edna Gonzalez, after Valdemar died as a result of an automobile accident. Valdemar was a passenger in a vehicle that…
Date: April 25, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0626
Justia Opinion Summary: Most of the employees at a La Porte unit (“Unit”) of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (“DuPont”) were covered by a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”). When DuPont announced plans to spin off part of its…
Date: April 25, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0843
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Defendant, which provided laser hair removal services, for negligence after she allegedly suffered burns and scarring on her face and neck while receiving laser hair removal treatments. Defendant filed a…
Date: March 28, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0161
Justia Opinion Summary: In this oil and gas billing dispute, Plaintiffs sued Defendant for, inter alia, breach of a joint operating agreement. Defendant counterclaimed and prevailed on its counterclaim. The trial court awarded Defendant…
Date: March 28, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0709
Justia Opinion Summary: Andrea Ruiz was driving a Kia Spectra when she was involved in an automobile accident in which the driver’s-side frontal air bag failed to deploy. Andrea died from dislocated vertebrae in her neck. The Ruiz family filed…
Date: March 28, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0773
Justia Opinion Summary: Veasna Sok sued Bioderm Skin Care, LLC and Dr. Quan Nguyen after Sok purchased laser hair removal treatments from Bioderm and allegedly received burns and scars on her legs due to too high an intensity setting. When Sok…
Date: March 28, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0251
Justia Opinion Summary: Crosstex Energy Services, LP hired Pro Plus, Inc. as the principal contractor to construct a natural gas compression station. Crosstex sued Pro Plus after an explosion occurred at the station, causing $10 million in…
Date: March 28, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0360
Justia Opinion Summary: When Tyco Valves & Controls, L.P. decided to close one of its facilities located in Houston, Tyco offered certain employees retention agreements providing that, if the employees remained with the company through the…
Date: March 28, 2014
Docket Number: 12-1000
Justia Opinion Summary: Saul Morales was fleeing from the police when one of the police officers left his Ford vehicle, then pursued and apprehended Morales. The officer’s vehicle began rolling backward toward the pair while the officer…
Date: March 21, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0050
Justia Opinion Summary: TXU Portfolio Management Company (TXU) entered into a contract with FPL Energy, LLC to receive electricity and renewable energy credits (RECs) from wind farms owned by FPL. After FPL failed to provide the electricity and…
Date: March 21, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0452
Justia Opinion Summary: An Insured obtained an insurance policy to reimburse its expenses in regaining control of an oil well in the event the well blew out. The well subsequently blew out and caught fire. The Insured represented to the Insurer…
Date: February 28, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0163
Justia Opinion Summary: Mike Richey sold his interest in Richey Oilfield Construction, Inc. to Nighthawk Oilfield Services, Ltd. Richey remained employed as president of Richey Oil and became a limited partner in Nighthawk. The primary…
Date: February 14, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0213
Justia Opinion Summary: A commercial tenant (Tenant) remained in possession of property for over ten years after Tenant lost its lease when the property was sold through foreclosure. The new owner (Owner) continually insisted that Tenant vacate…
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 10-0121
Date: January 31, 2014
Docket Number: 11-0228
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 07-0010
Justia Opinion Summary: A Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, completely controlled an LLC, which owned and controlled a LP, which owned apartments. The Foundation was a community housing development organization (CHDO), but the LLC and LP…
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0102
Justia Opinion Summary: CenterPoint Energy Resources Corporation, a gas utility that distributes natural gas, sought to raise its rates. CenterPoint’s proposed rate schedule included a “cost of service adjustment” (COSA) clause. The Railroad…
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 12-0661
Justia Opinion Summary: Ewing Construction Company entered into a contract with a school district to serve as general contractor on a project. The school district later filed suit against Ewing for faulty construction. Ewing tendered defense of…
Date: January 17, 2014
Docket Number: 13-0257
Justia Opinion Summary: The trial court terminated Mother’s parental rights to her daughter and appointed as sole managing conservator the Department of Family and Protective Services. Mother appealed, contending that the evidence was…
