Molinar v. Plains Insurance Co.

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Daniel Molinar seeks reversal of a judgment decreeing his liability for attorney’s fees on counterclaims to his alleged, but later voluntarily nonsuited cause of action under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (DTPA), 1 one of his nonsuited causes of action founded on a breach of contract action and containing an action for violation of the Texas Insurance Code. 2 In essence, Molinar contends, first, that the trial court erred in overruling his pre-nonsuit motions (1) to strike late-filed amended answers and the counterclaims and (2) for a…