Winter Storm Uri Litigators’ Last Stand

In the five years since Winter Storm Uri hit in February 2021, Texas trial judges and appellate justices have slammed the courthouse door on case after case brought by tens of thousands of individuals and businesses seeking to recover storm-related damages.

On Tuesday, the justices of the First Court of Appeals in Houston will be asked one more time to allow one of the few remaining Winter Storm Uri cases — this one accusing 43 natural gas companies of market manipulation, tortious interference with contracts and unjust enrichment — to go back to the trial court to be decided by a jury.