Court Opinion

ID: 9757296
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 22:29:49.956381+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:37.776997
License: Public Domain

TOM GRAY, Justice,
dissenting.
The majority has determined that what was filed as a no-evidence motion for summary judgment is not because it referenced summary judgment evidence. They have determined that it is a traditional motion for summary judgment. The majority thus reviews the motion under the standard of review applicable to a traditional motion for summary judgment.
No useful purpose would be served by me going through an analysis to determine the result if this case was reviewed under the proper standard of review for a no-evidence motion for summary judgment. For the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in Jacobo v. Binur, I believe the majority has applied the wrong standard of review. Jacobo v. Binur, 70 S.W.3d 330, 339-44 (Tex.App.-Waco 2002, no pet. h.)(Gray, J. dissenting). Until the precedential value of Jacobo is established I will continue to note my disagreement with the majority’s method of analysis of this type motion for summary judgment. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.