RECENT SUPREME COURT OPINIONS Supreme Court declines invitation to allow for two trials on attorneys fees when one will do Varner v. Cardenas, No. 06-0212 (Tex. Mar. 2, 2007)(per curiam) Also see Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. v. Chapa (Tex. 2006)(party must segregate recoverable from unrecoverable attorney's fees in all cases) Case type: suit on note, real estate law, title defect, suing title insurance company and its agent Key legal terms: attorney fee segregation, other claims, claims against third parties, counterclaims, breach of contract, mutual mistake, reformation of deed, shortfall in acreage No prejudgment interest on entire balance of note sued on in the absence of proof of date of acceleration HOUSTON APPEALS COURT OPINIONS |
| Caselaw on Attorneys Fees from Texas Courts of Appeals (Tex. 2007) |