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About the Court
There are more than 80 courts in Harris County overall and 25 Civil District
Courts, and I am running for one of them: the 295th Civil District Court. So, what
does a Civil District Court do?
The 295th Civil District Court is one of about 80 courts that serve Harris County.
Generally speaking, courts are limited in the kinds of cases they can hear. For
example, a Family Court hears cases related to family issues, like a divorce or a
child custody case. A criminal court hears cases brought by the State against
someone for breaking a law. And probate courts hear cases involving a will or a
trust or where someone has died without a will.
But a district court is a court of what lawyers refer to as general jurisdiction. It can
hear any type of case that is not designated for a specialty court, like a Family
Court, a Probate Court or a Criminal Court.
Unlike those courts, a district court can hear any other type of case so long as
the amount in dispute is $500 or more. Those can be anything from cases
involving relatively simple issues, like a car accident or a slip and fall, to very
complex cases, like those involving complex business disputes, airplane
accidents, industrial accidents or the cause of occupational diseases, like
mesothelioma or silicosis.
Some famous cases that filed in Harris County Civil District Court include Pennzoil
v. Texaco and the case involving 1989 explosion at the Phillips Refinery.
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