Court Opinion

ID: 9766883
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:01:24.762263+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:26.920321
License: Public Domain

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the imposition of joint and several liability against Century 21 only on the basis of Section 27.01(b) of the Texas Business & Commerce Code as it existed when this cause of action arose. I do not agree that liability against Century 21 for damages resulting from the foundation defect can be based on Century 21’s “action in concert” with Childers. The tort in this case was not fraudulent inducement to purchase the house. It was the failure to reveal defects. There is no pleading or evidence of concerted action with respect to the foundation defect, and there is a jury finding that Century 21 participated only in the failure to reveal the septic system defect. Liability on the basis of concerted action would therefore be unauthorized.