Miller v. HCA, Inc.
118 S.W.3d 758 (Tex. 2003)
Counsel for respondents. Texas Supreme Court decision addressing a physician's emergent-circumstances exception to the general rule requiring parental consent for treatment of a minor child.
Reported decisions
Reported opinions of record.
Selected reported opinions in which Mike appeared as counsel of record — 15 decisions across the Supreme Court of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Texas Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Court
Supreme Court of Texas
2 opinions
Sysco Food Services, Inc. v. Trapnell
890 S.W.2d 796 (Tex. 1995)
Co-counsel for respondents. Texas Supreme Court opinion addressing evidentiary standards for expert testimony and preservation of appellate error.
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1 opinion
McDaniel v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
987 F.2d 298 (5th Cir. 1993)
Counsel for defendant / third-party appellant. Fifth Circuit opinion addressing indemnity and contribution among industrial-accident defendants.
Court
Texas Courts of Appeals
10 opinions
Southwest Sunrise, LLC v. John Gannon, Inc.
No. 14-25-00237-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] July 2, 2026, no pet.) (mem. op. on rehearing)
Counsel for appellee. Judgment reversed and remanded on rehearing; original opinion withdrawn.
Tex-Fin, Inc. v. Ducharne
492 S.W.3d 430 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, no pet.)
Co-counsel for appellant. Appeal addressing unemployment-compensation contested-case review and employer/independent-contractor classification.
State v. Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc.
274 S.W.3d 162 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2008, pet. denied)
Co-counsel for appellee. Inverse-condemnation and sovereign-immunity ruling in favor of billboard operator.
Zboyan v. Far Hills Utility District
221 S.W.3d 924 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2007, no pet.)
Co-counsel for appellee. Appeal addressing governmental-entity liability and utility-district authority.
Fondren Construction Co. v. Briarcliff Housing Development Associates, Inc.
196 S.W.3d 210 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2006, no pet.)
Counsel for appellants. Construction-defect and warranty appeal.
McMahan v. Greenwood
108 S.W.3d 467 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2003, pet. denied)
Co-counsel for appellees. Appeal addressing breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and damages in a closely held business dispute.
Judwin Properties, Inc. v. Griggs & Harrison, P.C.
911 S.W.2d 498 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1995, no writ)
Co-counsel for appellant. Summary-judgment decision addressing legal-malpractice, breach-of-contract, and fiduciary-duty claims arising from a client-file disclosure.
Truck Insurance Exchange v. E.H. Martin, Inc.
876 S.W.2d 200 (Tex. App.—Waco 1994, writ denied)
Counsel for appellees. Subsequent appeal addressing coverage, duty to defend, and damages in the same insurance dispute.
Truck Insurance Exchange v. E.H. Martin, Inc.
865 S.W.2d 213 (Tex. App.—Waco 1993, no writ)
Counsel for appellees. Interlocutory appeal in an insurance-coverage and duty-to-defend dispute.
Trapnell v. Sysco Food Services, Inc.
850 S.W.2d 529 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1992), aff'd, 890 S.W.2d 796 (Tex. 1995)
Co-counsel. Products-liability appeal addressing admissibility of expert testimony and preservation of Daubert-style challenges.
Court
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
2 opinions
Beardmore v. Jacobsen
131 F. Supp. 3d 656 (S.D. Tex. 2015)
Sole counsel for defendant on motion for summary judgment. Opinion (Harmon, J.) granting summary judgment on claims of conversion, Texas Theft Liability Act, trade-secret misappropriation, and copyright infringement in a dispute over ownership of a mobile application. Cited in subsequent federal and state decisions on Texas conversion of intangibles, the Texas Theft Liability Act, and Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act displacement.
Read case analysisRiddle v. Tex-Fin, Inc.
No. H-08-3121 (S.D. Tex. June 14, 2010)
Counsel for defendants Tex-Fin, Inc. and T.A. Hall, Jr. Post-verdict order (Rosenthal, C.J.) on cross-motions for judgment as a matter of law and plaintiff's motion for new trial in Fair Labor Standards Act action; both parties' motions for judgment denied and new trial granted based on irreconcilable inconsistency in the jury's verdict.
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