Menu
Comprehensive Study of Reversal Rates in Texas Appeals
By Kent Rutter and Natasha Breaux, Haynes and Boone, September 25, 2019
This post has been viewed 4,198 times.
This post has been viewed 4,198 times.
Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Kent Rutter and Associate Natasha Breaux have completed a study of all non-criminal decisions issued by all 14 Texas courts of appeals from September 2018 to August 2019.
The lawyers gleaned fascinating trends about how trial court verdicts and rulings fared on appeal during the time period studied. For example, Rutter and Breaux found that Texas appellate courts were more likely to uphold jury verdicts and decisions by trial judges in comparison to an earlier study the firm released in 2011.
Other findings from the 2019 study include:
- Jury verdicts were more likely to be set aside in Houston (36%) than Dallas (20%);
- Statewide, Texas courts of appeals set aside 26% of the jury verdicts that were appealed (compared to 34% in the 2011 study);
- The statewide reversal rate for decisions by a trial judge conducting a trial without a jury was 20% (compared to 28% in 2011).
Tags:
