Melendez v. Exxon Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding plaintiff waived complaint of juror misconduct due to juror allegedly sleeping during trial when juror’s behavior not brought to attention to trial court during trial
• noting that tactical decisions to wait and call a witness as a rebuttal witness when the party could anticipate the need for the testimony does not establish good cause
• “The burden is on the complaining party to present a sufficient record to the appellate court to show error requiring reversal.”
• “A successful challenge to evidentiary rulings usually requires the complaining party to show that the judgment turns on the particular evidence excluded or admitted.”
• sleeping juror observed during trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

85 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Walden v. Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-01-16· cited 151×
• Greenberg Traurig of New York, P.C. v. Moody
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-04-21· cited 149×
• Barnett v. Coppell North Texas Court, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2004-01-29· cited 114×
• Nguyen v. Kosnoski
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-07-03· cited 114×
• Cuyler v. Minns
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-11-15· cited 113×
• Strauss v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-02-28· cited 89×
• Fox v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-11-06· cited 83×
• Fletcher v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2001-09-28· cited 77×
• Carlton v. Trinity Universal Insurance Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-11-16· cited 73×
• Community Initiatives, Inc. v. Chase Bank of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2004-12-23· cited 71×
• Schlafly v. Schlafly
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-01-04· cited 65×
• Schindler Elevator Corp. v. Anderson
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-04-04· cited 59×
• Hiroms v. Scheffey
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-02-21· cited 51×
• De Laurentis v. United Services Automobile Ass'n
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-03-31· cited 44×
• Shirvanian v. DeFrates
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-03-31· cited 37×
• Exxon Corp. v. Makofski Ex Rel. Makofski
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-10-23· cited 33×
• Santos v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-05-20· cited 33×
• Garden Ridge, L.P. v. Clear Lake Center, L.P.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-09-29· cited 32×
• Phillips v. Bramlett
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2007-03-19· cited 30×
• Rosenblatt v. City of Houston
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2000-10-19· cited 29×

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-12-04· cited 6,606×
• Cain v. Bain
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-02-12· cited 4,555×
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-11-13· cited 3,583×
• Maritime Overseas Corp. v. Ellis
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-07-03· cited 1,981×
• Formosa Plastics Corp. USA v. Presidio Engineers and Contractors, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-03-13· cited 1,875×
• Kindred v. Con/Chem, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-05-11· cited 1,865×
• City of Brownsville v. Alvarado
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 1,246×
• State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. Payne
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-12-22· cited 1,108×
• Stafford v. Stafford
  Texas Supreme Court· 1987-02-18· cited 479×
• Sabine Pilot Service, Inc. v. Hauck
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-04-03· cited 447×
• Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Reese
  Texas Supreme Court· 1979-06-06· cited 415×
• Alvarado v. Farah Manufacturing Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-03-11· cited 410×
• Lofton v. Texas Brine Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-12-03· cited 362×
• McCraw v. Maris
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-06-10· cited 341×
• Winters v. Houston Chronicle Publishing Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-09-06· cited 213×
• TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INS. ASS'N v. Haywood
  Texas Supreme Court· 1954-04-07· cited 180×
• Lewis v. Blake
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-06-15· cited 138×
• Sosa v. Central Power & Light
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-11-16· cited 121×
• Shenandoah Associates v. J & K Properties, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1987-10-06· cited 107×
• Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Dickson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-01-31· cited 99×