Source: https://www.themundyfirm.com/blog/2013/02/02/attorney-s-fees-for-breach-of-121636
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 09:11:08+00:00

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The general rule in Texas is that a party who prevails in a lawsuit is entitled to recover attorney's fees only if authorized by statute or contract. See Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. v. Chapa, 212 S.W.3d 299, 310 (Tex. 2006).
[I]n Medical City Dallas, Ltd. v. Carlisle Corporation, 251 S.W.3d 55 (Tex. 2008).... the court determined that a claim for breach of express warranty governed by UCC article 2 is a suit based on a written contract, even though the plaintiff did not plead a breach of contract claim and did not recover on that theory. See id. at 59, 63. The supreme court held that a party who prevails on a breach of express warranty claim may recover attorney's fees under section 38.001(8). See id.
TREATISE ON THE LAW OF WARRANTIES IN THE SALE OF CHATTELS 1 (Philadelphia, Kay & Brother 1884)); see also Certain--Teed Prods. Corp. v. Bell, 422 S.W.2d 719, 721 (Tex. 1968) (stating that "a warranty which the law implies from the existence of a written contract is as much a part of the writing as the express terms of the contract"); Lee v. Perez, 120 S.W.3d 463, 468 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2003, no pet.) (explaining that an implied warranty "is part of the contract itself."); W. Tank & Steel Corp. v. Gandy, 385 S.W.2d 406, 409 (Tex. Civ. App.- Texarkana 1964, no writ) ("Warranty, either express or implied, must grow out of contractual relations between the parties."). One court expressly stated that "[t]he implied warranty is contractual in nature." Darr Equip. Co. v. Owens, 408 S.W.2d 566, 569 (Tex. Civ. App.-Texarkana 1966, no writ).
CITADEL (STRICT LIABILITY TO THE CONSUMER), 69 Yale L.J. 1099, 1126 (1960)).
In JCW Electronics the supreme court explained that "[t]he precise nature of the claim is ordinarily identified by examining the damages alleged: when the damages are purely economic, the claim sounds in contract, but a breach of implied warranty claim alleging damages for death or personal injury sounds in tort." Id. at 705 (citations omitted). As mentioned, the supreme court in Medical City and in 1/2 Price Checks also discussed the importance of the type of damages sought in determining whether a plaintiff's claim is based in contract and thus supports recovery of attorney's fees under section 38.001(8). See 1/2 Price Checks, 344 S.W. at 388; Medical City, 251 S.W.3d at 60--61.

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