Court Opinion

ID: 9768701
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 13:45:20.436216+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:43.418369
License: Public Domain

ON REHEARING
This court sustained appellant’s third point of error because the $1,000,000 in damages (which the jury found in answer to Question 5) were caused by McDonald Production, Inc. when it breached its contract with plaintiffs.1 There is no evidence that the subsequent negotiations which defendant had with McDonald Production, Inc. caused that party to breach its contract with plaintiffs.2
The motion for rehearing is overruled.

. As noted in Footnote 3 to the original opinion, plaintiffs settled their claims against the party that breached the contract.

. To hold otherwise would put at risk any third party who had dealings with a contracting party after it repudiated its contract. If the third party did not cause the breach, it cannot be held liable for the damages.