Thomas v. Oldham

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that appellant who failed to object to broad-form damages question could not challenge legal sufficiency of individual elements of damages awarded and was limited to challenging legal sufficiency of whole verdict
• holding that because appellant did not ask for separate damage findings he could challenge only legal sufficiency of evidence supporting whole verdict even though jury made marginal notations on charge giving amounts for each damage element
• holding that because appellant did not ask for separate damage findings he could challenge only legal sufficiency of evidence supporting whole verdict even though jury made marginal notations on charge giving amounts for each damage element
• holding suit or action “continues at least until the expiration of the trial court’s plenary power over the proceeding”
• holding predecessor to section 101.106 did not violate open courts provision because TTCA “broadened, rather than restricted, an injured party’s remedies” because municipalities performing governmental functions were completely immune from liability under common law
• holding that defendant who did not object to broad-form submission of five elements of damage could not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support one of the elements and was limited to challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the whole verdict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Golden Eagle Archery, Inc. v. Jackson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-09-11· cited 1,485×
• Harris County v. Sykes
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-05-28· cited 1,020×
• American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co. v. Schaefer
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-10-17· cited 659×
• City of Garland v. Dallas Morning News
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-04-13· cited 638×
• Franka v. Velasquez
  Texas Supreme Court· 2011-01-21· cited 374×
• Castellano v. Fragozo
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-12-05· cited 341×
• Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Low
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-05-30· cited 335×
• Harris County v. Smith
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-12-19· cited 286×
• Gary Wayne Jaster v. Comet II Construction, Inc., Joe H. Schneider, Laura H. Schneider, and Austin Design Group
  Texas Supreme Court· 2014-07-03· cited 283×
• City of Galveston v. State
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-03-02· cited 227×
• Reinhart v. Young
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-15· cited 191×
• Newman v. Obersteller Ex Rel. Obersteller
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-04-18· cited 145×
• in Re Memorial Hermann Hospital System Memorial Hermann Physician Network Michael MacRis, M.D. Michael MacRis, M.D., P.A. And Keith Alexander
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-05-22· cited 108×
• Tagle v. Galvan
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-12-01· cited 79×
• In Re Guthrie
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2001-04-04· cited 78×
• Bahar v. LYON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2010-12-22· cited 78×
• Putthoff v. Ancrum
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-12-19· cited 77×
• Wackenhut Corrections Corp. v. De La Rosa
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2009-04-02· cited 77×
• Villasan v. O'ROURKE
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2005-05-26· cited 71×
• Price v. Short
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1996-08-30· cited 68×

Cites

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

• Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 5,047×
• Lowe v. Texas Tech University
  Texas Supreme Court· 1976-07-14· cited 569×
• Sax v. Votteler
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-04-06· cited 567×
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Alexander
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-02-02· cited 336×
• Porras v. Craig
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-07-11· cited 255×
• Yarborough v. Berner
  Texas Supreme Court· 1971-04-28· cited 126×
• Lebohm v. City of Galveston
  Texas Supreme Court· 1955-01-19· cited 117×
• Magro v. Ragsdale Brothers, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-11-05· cited 114×
• Pasadena State Bank v. Isaac
  Texas Supreme Court· 1950-03-08· cited 110×
• Hill v. Winn Dixie Texas, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-03-31· cited 72×
• First National Bank in Dallas v. Zimmerman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1969-06-11· cited 71×
• Knapp v. Stanford
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-08-06· cited 63×
• Simonson v. White
  Montana Supreme Court· 1986-01-23· cited 55×
• Davis v. Mathis
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1992-12-16· cited 54×
• Jose Serra, Cross-Appellant v. Paul A. Pichardo, Cross-Appellee, Robert Elsea, Defendant-Cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-03-24· cited 51×
• Robert Arevalo v. Chuck Woods
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-02-24· cited 45×
• Perez v. Weingarten Realty Investors
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1994-07-13· cited 42×
• McDonald Transit, Inc. v. Moore
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-04-26· cited 39×
• Cox v. Klug
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1993-07-06· cited 37×
• White v. Annis
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1993-09-24· cited 36×