Supreme Court

A driver who led police on a high-speed chase in 1999, smashing into a family car and badly injuring a young boy near San Marcos, did not void his insurance policy by acting in a dangerous manner, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. Nationwide Insurance had claimed that it did not have to pay the…

Texas has long followed the so-called “one bite rule”: a dog owner generally isn’t liable for a bite unless they knew (or should have known) their dog was dangerous. But a 2008 Texas Supreme Court case, Bushnell v. Mott, carved out an important exception that still matters for dog bite victims today: an owner can…