Court Opinion

ID: 9733513
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:09:35.367842+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:42.135968
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PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I concur with all of the majority’s opinion except the modification of the trial court’s judgment to condition the award of appellate attorneys’ fees to Heinrich being successful on appeal. The trial court did *291err in failing to condition the award of appellate attorney’s fees. But this appeal is decided with this opinion. Heinrich was successful; J.C. Penney was unsuccessful. The error is harmless. See Texas Farmers Ins. Co. v. Cameron, 24 S.W.3d 386, 400 (Tex.App.—Dallas Feb. 29, 2000, no pet. h.); Humble Nat'l Bank v. DCV, Inc., 933 S.W.2d 224, 236 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1996, writ denied). Accordingly, I would find no reversible error in the trial court’s failure to condition the award of appellate attorney’s fees on Heinrich’s success in this court. See Cameron, 24 S.W.3d 386, 400; Humble Nat’l Bank, 933 S.W.2d at 236.
Heinrich ultimately will receive the award of $10,000 in attorney’s fees based on the appeal to this court as the majority’s opinion and judgment are written, provided that the majority’s opinion and judgment are not reversed on further appeal. Therefore, I concur in the majority’s opinion as it relates to those fees. I join the majority opinion in modifying the trial court’s judgment as it relates to the unconditional award of attorney’s fees on appeal to the Texas Supreme Court.