Bernal v. Crescent Foundations, LLC

*561Defendants, Crescent Foundations, L.L.C. and Paul C. Austin, appeal the trial court's April 16, 2018 Judgment, which found defendants jointly and solidarily liable to plaintiff, Daniel J. Bernal, Jr., for damages totaling $ 43,000.00, plus judicial interest from the date of judicial demand and costs. On appeal, defendants raise the following assignments of error: 1) the trial court erred and abused its discretion by proceeding to trial without defendants because the parties reached a settlement prior to trial; 2) the trial court erred in awarding damages resulting from alleged fraudulent…