Houtex Ready Mix Concrete & Materials v. Eagle Construction & Environmental Services, L.P.
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANE BLAND, Justice.
Houtex Ready Mix Concrete & Materials (“Houtex”) appeals a summary judgment and two separate sanction awards of attorney’s fees in favor of Eagle Construction & Environmental Services, L.P. (“Eagle”). Houtex contends (1) the trial court erred in granting summary judgment, (2) the trial court abused its discretion in awarding Eagle $1,500 in attorney’s fees in the final judgment as a sanction for filing a groundless lawsuit, and (3) the trial court abused its discretion in awarding Eagle an additional $2,500 in interim attorney’s fees as a sanction after vacating an…
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