Carney Funeral Chapel, Inc. v. Savings of America, Inc.

CROW, Judge.

This appeal arises from two lawsuits filed October 18, 1988. Each suit had multiple plaintiffs and multiple defendants. The trial court consolidated the suits some fifteen months after they were filed.

Ultimately (on October 30, 1997), the trial court granted a motion for summary judgment by one defendant on all claims against it by all plaintiffs. This appeal followed.

The intricate issues confronting this court require an introduction of the parties and a summary of the allegations on which the plaintiffs based their claims.

One suit was numbered CV188-2182CC in the trial court.…