[DOWNLOAD] "Houtex Ready Mix Concrete & Materials v. Eagle Construction & Environmental Services" by Supreme Court Of Utah # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Houtex Ready Mix Concrete & Materials v. Eagle Construction & Environmental Services
- Author : Supreme Court Of Utah
- Release Date : January 07, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 82 KB
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Houtex Ready Mix Concrete & Materials ("Houtex") appeals a summary judgment and two separate sanction awards of attorneys fees in favor of Eagle Construction & Environmental Services, L.P. ("Eagle"). Houtex contends (1) the trial court erred in granting summary judgment, (2) the trial court abused its discretion in awarding Eagle $1,500 in attorneys fees in the final judgment as a sanction for filing a groundless lawsuit, and (3) the trial court abused its discretion in awarding Eagle an additional $2,500 in interim attorneys fees as a sanction after vacating an earlier summary judgment. We conclude that (1) the trial court properly granted Eagles motion for summary judgment on Houtexs breach of contract and declaratory relief claims but erred in granting it on Houtexs Deceptive Trade Practices Act ("DTPA") claim, and (2) the $2,500 sanction was within the trial courts discretion but the $1,500 sanction was not. We therefore affirm in part and reverse in part.