Opinion ID: 2171909
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Attorney's Fees: Fraud Arising From Breach of Contract

Text: Alternatively, the Woodlands argues it is entitled to attorney's fees based on fraud arising from a breach of contract, pointing to this Court's reference to such an award in Gill Savings Ass'n v. Chair King. [29] But in Gill we merely reinstated bankruptcy and appellate fees; we did not address the court of appeals' award of fees for both contract and fraud on the basis that they were inextricably intertwined. [30] We explicitly rejected this intertwining exception in Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. v. Chapa and reiterated that fees are not allowed for torts like fraud. [31] Thus, even if the Woodlands' fraud claim arose from a breach of contract, that is no basis for an attorney's fee award.