Court Opinion

ID: 9682943
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:20:02.785062+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:18:00.991044
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REYNOLDS, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the reversal and remand.
By moving for summary judgment, the defendant insurance companies assumed the burden of showing that, as a matter of law, plaintiff could not recover on his pleaded allegations. Gaddis v. Smith, 417 S.W.2d 577, 582 (Tex.1967). To discharge this burden, they were required to establish that there is no genuine issue of fact as to at least one of the essential elements of plaintiff’s cause of action, “Moore” Burger, Inc. v. Phillips Petroleum Company, 492 S.W.2d 934, 936 (Tex.1972), and that they were entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Great American Reserve Insurance Company v. San Antonio Plumbing Supply Company, 391 S.W.2d 41, 47 (Tex.1965). Their failure to establish the absence of genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment.