Recent appellate decisions are shaping how Texas courts approach issues ranging from interlocutory appeal rights to temporary injunction requirements, with important implications for litigators navigating trial and appellate strategy.
Yetter Coleman LLP partner Grant Martinez and associate Lily Hann recently contributed to the Houston Bar Association’s Appellate Lawyer monthly newsletter, analyzing key rulings from the First and Fifteenth Courts of Appeals.
Martinez focused on emerging guidance from the Fifteenth Court of Appeals’ ruling in Kreines v. ES3 Minerals, LLC, which addressed a temporary injunction prohibiting former employees from selling to certain customers of their former employer. He highlighted the court’s adoption of a proportionality framework for injunction bonds, emphasizing that bond amounts must reflect the potential harm to the enjoined party if relief is later found to be improper.
Hann examined recent decisions from the First Court of Appeals, including In re Webber, LLC, in which the court granted conditional mandamus relief after a trial court failed to rule on the motion for nearly two years, thereby preserving a party’s statutory right to an interlocutory appeal. She also analyzed Somer v. OakBend Medical Center, a case of first impression addressing whether a nonprofit affiliated with a municipal hospital authority could claim governmental immunity, with the court rejecting both “arm of the state” and derivative immunity arguments because the entity lacked government characteristics and control necessary to qualify for immunity.
Martinez guides his clients through high-stakes appeals, while Hann focuses her practice on complex civil appeals.
Read the full updates in the Houston Bar Association’s Appellate Lawyer newsletter: Appellate Lawyer March 2026