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The 12th/278th District Courts’ standing order in limine for civil jury trials (Walker County edition). Counsel may not raise before the jury — without a prior ruling — liability insurance, jurors’ insurance-industry ties, a defendant’s ability to pay a judgment, collateral-source payments, when/how counsel was retained, attorney’s fees, taxation of awards, offers of independent medical exams, prior criminal history, or substance use, and must instruct clients and non-adverse witnesses to comply.
Texas > Walker County > 12th & 278th District Courts. Shared 12th & 278th Judicial District instrument; Walker County edition.
During any civil jury trial, counsel shall not mention, reference, or suggest before the jury or venire the enumerated matters (insurance coverage; jurors’ insurance-industry associations; responsibility for a judgment; collateral sources; retention of counsel; attorney’s fees; taxation of awards; independent medical exams; criminal history; substance use) without first approaching the bench and obtaining a ruling.
Reviewer note: AJR-2 cluster (12th/278th/506th). Source instrument read via vision/text lane; classified RULE under the records-vs-rules doctrine. Composed benchpath-ajr2-cluster.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.