Court Opinion

ID: 4572881
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Date Created: 2020-10-05 07:12:52.164664+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:31:34.558737
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In the
                          Court of Appeals
                  Second Appellate District of Texas
                           at Fort Worth
                                No. 02-17-00449-CV

JOHN DEE SPICER, CHAPTER 7                §   On Appeal from the 17th District
TRUSTEE FOR THE BANKRUPTCY                    Court
ESTATE OF MISTY CHANEY BRADY;
JOHN DEE SPICER, CHAPTER 7                §
TRUSTEE FOR THE BANKRUPTCY                    of Tarrant County (017-275219-14)
ESTATE OF BP CHANEY; JOHN DEE
SPICER, CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE FOR THE         §
BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF TEXAS RHH,
LLC; AND ZERA INC., Appellant                 October 1, 2020
                                          §
V.
                                          §
MAXUS HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, LLC                Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice
                                              Sudderth

                                   JUDGMENT

      This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that there

was error in the trial court’s judgment. We remand the case to the trial court and

make the following modifications to the trial court’s judgment:

• Having sustained part of Appellants’ first and second issues, we
    o delete the award of $31,000 to Maxus under APA Section 2.16;
    o delete the award of $250,000 to Maxus under APA Section 4.15;
    o delete the specific performance requirement as to Zera’s Kinnser software
       system; and
      o remand for the trial court to reconsider the $100,000 awarded to Maxus
        under APA Section 2.16.

• Having sustained Appellants’ third issue, we delete the $115,112.83 awarded to
  Maxus for breach by Zera and the $250,000 awarded to Maxus against Zera for
  promissory estoppel.

• Pursuant to Appellants’ fourth issue, we reform the harmful-access-of-computer
  award to reflect $9,000.

• Having sustained part of Appellants’ sixth issue, we
    o delete the award of $1,237,655.87 in attorney’s fees against Texas RHH,
    o delete the award of $53,006.09 in attorney’s fees against Zera;
    o delete the award of $15,901.83 in attorney’s fees against Brady; and
    o delete the award of $15,901.83 in attorney’s fees against BP Chaney.

• Having sustained part of Appellants’ fifth issue (the remainder of Appellant’s fifth
  issue having been rendered moot per the above), we hold that while Texas RHH is
  liable for $2.3 million for breach of contract, less the $250,000 settlement credit
  and the escrow amount, and that Brady is liable for $2.3 million for fraud, less the
  $250,000 settlement credit and the escrow amount, this portion of the case is
  remanded to the trial court for Maxus to make an election between its recovery for
  breach-of-contract claim and for fraud.

   It is further ordered that all parties shall bear their own costs of this appeal, for

which let execution issue.

                                      SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS

                                      By _/s/ Bonnie Sudderth_________________
                                         Chief Justice Bonnie Sudderth