Opinion ID: 895236
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Heading: State Farm's Summary Judgment Points

Text: State Farm moved for summary judgment on both traditional and no-evidence grounds. Arguing in its traditional summary judgment motion that Page's HO-B policy affords no coverage for mold damage to her home or its contents, State Farm argued alternatively that Page had presented no evidence that a covered peril caused the mold contamination or that State Farm owed more than it had already paid under the policy. State Farm reurges those same grounds here with respect to Page's personal property, and contends the court of appeals made a number of errors in reviewing the evidence Page presented to defeat State Farm's no-evidence motion. Because the trial court's summary judgment was sustainable on no-evidence grounds, State Farm contends, the court of appeals erred in reversing it. We need not address State Farm's challenges to the evidence the court of appeals considered, however, because State Farm's no-evidence points were not properly preserved. The trial court originally denied both State Farm's traditional and no-evidence summary judgment motions. After our decision in Fiess, State Farm filed a motion requesting that the trial court reconsider its ruling. State Farm argued that our decision in Fiess clearly disposed of Page's claims because the HO-B policy does not cover mold damage to either the dwelling or its contents caused by a plumbing leak. State Farm's motion for reconsideration did not reurge its no-evidence challenge, as Page pointed out in her objection to the motion [2] and throughout her appeal. Summary judgment may not be affirmed on appeal on a ground not presented to the trial court in the motion. See Stiles v. Resolution Trust Corp., 867 S.W.2d 24, 26 (Tex.1993). Because State Farm's motion for reconsideration was limited to the coverage issue, the points pertaining to State Farm's no-evidence motion were not properly before the court of appeals and we do not address them.