Legal Opinion

in Re Teresa Corral-Lerma

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 21, 2014No. 12-0485PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Per curiam

This case presents a question recently decided by this Court — whether attorney’s fees are “compensatory damages” for purposes of calculating the security amount necessary to supersede á judgment during appeal. The trial court agreed with relator Teresa Corral-Lerma that the superse-deas statute does not require inclusion of attorney’s fees in calculating the security amount. The court of appeals, however, granted Border Demolition’s motion to review sufficiency of the security and ordered the security amount to be increased to include the attorney’s-fees award against Corral-Lerma. See Tex.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In re Nalle Plastics Family Ltd. PartnershipTexas Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Shook v. Walden, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2010
  3. Corral-Lerma v. Border Demolition & Environmental, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2012
  4. Texas Standard Oil & Gas, L.P. v. Frankel Offshore Energy, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2011

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. City of Laredo, Texas v. Laredo Merchants AssociationTexas Supreme Court · 2018
  2. in Re Longview Energy Company and in Re Huff Energy Fund, L.P., and Riley-Huff Energy Group, LlcTexas Supreme Court · 2015
  3. Teresa Corral-Lerma v. Border Demolition & Environmental Inc., as a Corporation, Raul Solis, Individually and Bonnie Solis, Individually, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2015
  4. Mansik & Young Plaza LLC v. K-Town Management, LLCCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  5. City of Laredo, Texas v. Laredo Merchants AssociationTexas Supreme Court · 2018

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