Brown v. Bank of Galveston, National Ass'n

Vincent Brown sued the Bank of Galveston, N.A., under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. Tex. Bus. & Com.Code §§ 17.41-17.68. The court of appeals held that Brown was not a consumer under the DTPA, and thus lacked standing to sue the Bank. 930 S.W.2d 140. We hold that there is no evidence that the Bank’s acts were the producing cause of the injuries of which Brown complains and that certain acts did not violate the DTPA as a matter of law. Accordingly, wé affirm the judgment of the court of appeals on different grounds.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

In September 1984,…