Court Opinion

ID: 9676965
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:39:38.580373+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:52.646409
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REX D. DAVIS,
Chief Justice, concurring.
I concur only in the “alternative holding” set out in the lead opinion. See Freeman v. Pevehouse, 79 S.W.3d 637, 646-648 (Tex.App.-Waco 2002, no pet. h.) (Gray, J., lead opinion). I agree that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Freeman’s motion for new trial because it could have concluded that Allstate’s failure to answer was due to conscious indifference. See Baker v. Kunzman, 873 S.W.2d 753, 755 (Tex.App.-Tyler 1994, writ denied). On this basis, I would affirm the judgment.