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• Preserving Summary Judgment Error for Appeal ( September 2000 )
  Wade C. Crosnoe of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP

  This article discusses when is it necessary to object to summary judgment evidence and obtain an express ruling to preserve error for appeal; and (2) when does an otherwise interlocutory summary judgment order that contains a Mother Hubbard clause, or similar language, constitute a final and appealable judgment.

• Objecting To The Form Of Summary Judgment Evidence Is Necessary To Raise It On Appeal. An Objection To The Substance Of The Summary Judgment Evidence May Be Raised For The First Time On Appeal ( October 2000 )
  Barker, Leon & Fancher, LLP

  FACTS OF CASE Well Solutions, Inc. v. Ross Stafford, 4th Court of Appeals—SA, (No. 04-00-00001-CV, September 2.

• Occasional Racial Remarks During A 14-Year Period Of Employment Are Insufficient To Create A Fact Issue As To Whether Or Not Termination Of An Employee Was Racially Motivated And/Or Discriminatory ( September 2000 )
  Barker, Leon & Fancher, LLP

  The Supreme Court found in a per curium decision that four racial or derogatory remarks made over a 14-year period .

• No-Evidence Summary Judgments And Other Related Developments ( April 2000 )
  Gregory J. Lensing, Shawn M. McCaskill and Charles T. Frazier of Cowles & Thompson

  This article examines several appellate decisions construing and applying the no-evidence summary judgment rule, Rule 166a(i), which went into effect September 1, 1997.

• Court of Appeals Allows Gerrymandered Settlement ( January 2000 )
  Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C.

  Texas Workers' Compensation Fund v. Jose Serrano, et al., No. 13-95-482-CV, Court of Appeals (Tex. Civ. App.—Corp.