Court Opinion

ID: 9645983
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 21:41:35.244995+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:33.695487
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ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
DUNN, Justice.
In her motion for rehearing, appellant argues that the majority opinion ignores the factual and circumstantial evidence that she did not have a reasonable opportunity to discover and bring suit within the two-year limitation period.
Appellant points to evidence raising fact issues in her summary judgment proof, some of which was referred to by Chief Justice Evans in his dissenting opinion. However, these fact issues were not “expressly presented” in her response to the motion for summary judgment, as required by rule 166a(c).
A fact issue is not “expressly presented” by summary judgment proof filed in opposition to a motion for summary judgment, although such proof may state facts that would raise a fact issue, if the written response to the motion fails to point out the fact issue raised by the appellant. Holmes v. Dallas Int’l Bank, 718 S.W.2d 59, 60 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1986, writ ref’d. n.r.e.); Cottrell v. Carrillon Assoc., Ltd., 646 S.W.2d 491, 493 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1982, no writ). Under authorities interpreting the amended rule 166a(c), “it is no longer the duty of the trial court or appellate court to sift the summary judgment record to see if there are fact issues that could be raised by the opposing party but were not.” Holmes, 718 S.W.2d at 60.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing is denied.
EVANS, C.J., is dissenting.