Appellate Law

Third Court Affirms Decision Regarding Bullock's "Dream House"

By D. Todd Smith

I'm not a star-struck person.  The few times I've seen celebrities cavorting about Austin, I haven't been fazed.  But just about every lawyer in town knows the story about how Sandra Bullock's "dream house" had to be torn down (allegedly) because of defective workmanship.  Bullock and the general contractor got into a legal tussle that ultimately settled after a high-profile jury trial right here in Travis County.

The Third Court of Appeals today rejected the GC's claims against several subcontractors who worked on the project.  In a single opinion deciding seven cases severed from the original Bullock matter, the appellate court affirmed the trial court's orders dismissing them in part and ultimately disposing of them by summary judgment.  The court concluded that the GC's "claims in these various appeals fail because (1) they are barred by limitations, (2) they are inadequately briefed, or (3) they lack merit."

Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on August 08, 2008 (boomark / email).