The firm’s founding member, Robert “Bob” Barnes Thornton, age 90, passed away on Friday, November 22, 2024. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 2, 2024 at 10:00AM at The Church at Horseshoe Bay; graveside at Sunset Memorial Park in San Antonio at 3:00PM.

For years, Texans have been bombarded by television commercials, radio advertisements, and billboards from plaintiffs’ personal injury firms touting large recoveries. Meanwhile, the cost of medical treatment climbs to record highs. Texas law has long required a plaintiff seeking recovery of medical expenses to establish the amounts charged are reasonable. See In re K&L Auto Crushers, LLC,…

The Supreme Court of Texas recently clarified and expanded Texas’ “eight-corners” doctrine for determining whether an insurer has a duty to defend its insured against a given lawsuit, in Monroe Guar. Ins. Co. v. BITCO Gen. Ins. Corp., No. 21-0232, 2022 WL 413940 (Tex. Feb. 11, 2022). Under a strict eight-corners rule, an insurer’s duty to defend is determined solely by the facts alleged by a…