Opinion ID: 2834607
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Heading: Exclusion of Juror Affidavits

Text: Ford asserts that the trial court erred by sustaining Castillo’s objections and striking the four juror affidavits it initially filed in conjunction with its motion for new trial and which it referenced in its opposition to Castillo’s motion for summary judgment. Ford was entitled to discovery on Castillo’s separate breach of contract claim regardless of the admission or contents of the affidavits. See Quintero , 654 S.W.2d at 444 (noting that when a settlement agreement is enforced in a new action for breach of contract, the validity of the settlement agreement cannot be determined without “proper pleadings and full resolution of the surrounding facts and circumstances”). The affidavits might be useful to the trial court in setting parameters and procedures for discovery, but because Ford did not need the affidavits to be entitled to at least some type of discovery on the breach of contract claim, we do not reach the issue of whether the trial court erred by excluding the affidavits.