AIR ROUTING INTERNATIONAL CORP.(CANADA) v. Britannia Airways, Ltd.

OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

This is an attorney’s fees case arising under the Texas Theft Liability Act (“Theft Act”), a relatively new statute that has a unique provision compelling the award of reasonable and necessary attorney’s fees to a party that successfully defends against a claim under this act, without any prerequisite that the claim be found groundless, frivolous, or brought in bad faith. In this appeal, we review the trial court’s determination that the successful parties are required to segregate their proof of attorney’s fees for successfully defending against the Theft…