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Texas follows a "one-bite" common-law rule for dog attacks — proving the owner knew of the dog’s dangerous propensity is often the case-defining issue.

Texas’s relatively employer-friendly non-compete rules (Business & Commerce Code § 15.50) and the Texas Citizens Participation Act (anti-SLAPP) shape how commercial cases get litigated.

Texas’s 51% modified comparative rule means crossing the 50% line bars recovery entirely — the dollar value of your case turns on the fault split.

The Texas DTPA (Business & Commerce Code § 17.41) lets consumers recover up to treble damages plus attorney fees — one of the stronger UDAP statutes in the South.

Texas’s expansive self-defense and Castle Doctrine rules (Penal Code § 9.31, § 9.32) interact with strict drug and DWI penalties — counsel who knows the local DA matters.

Texas requires that products-liability claims show the product was unreasonably dangerous and proximately caused injury (CPRC Chapter 82) — design and warning defects each have their own proof tracks.

Texas is a strong at-will state with limited common-law exceptions — claims usually run through the EEOC and TWC under federal and Texas Labor Code Chapter 21.

Texas is a community-property state with mandatory mediation in most contested cases — the inventory and appraisement is where most divorces are actually decided.

Texas has immigration courts in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and El Paso — and proximity to the southern border puts asylum and removal practice front and center.

The Texas Lemon Law is administered by the TxDMV under Occupations Code Chapter 2301 — the process is administrative, not judicial, and timing rules are strict.

HB 4 (2003) capped non-economic damages at $250K against physicians and $250K–$500K against hospitals — and the expert report requirement (CPRC § 74.351) kills cases that can’t produce one in 120 days.

A 2-year SOL under CPRC § 16.003 and 51% modified comparative fault frame every Texas PI case — the math of your recovery starts here.

Texas premises liability turns on Corbin v. Safeway — the plaintiff usually has to prove the defendant had actual or constructive notice of the hazard.

Texas SSA hearing offices in Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio have long wait queues — counsel helps build the medical record SSA needs before the hearing.

Texas is the only state where most private employers can opt out of workers’ comp (Labor Code § 406.002) — knowing whether your employer "subscribed" changes everything about your case.