Abellera v. Williamson

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• holding that the Court of Appeals should have applied the “right for any reason” rule, even though the trial court had made an error of law and did not address other asserted bases for summary judgment.
• holding that the Court of Appeals should have applied the \right for any reason\ rule, even though the trial court had made an error of law and did not address other asserted bases for summary judgment.
• explaining that when an appellate court determines whether a trial court's judgment was right for any reason, it must ascertain whether the judgment was right for a ground presented to the trial court that the court chose not to address in its judgment
• appellate court should determine whether summary judgment is right for reason raised in summary judgment motion, but not ruled on by trial court
• “it is appropriate for an appellate court to determine whether the trial court’s ruling was right for any reason”
• Court of Appeals must affirm grant of summary judgment if it is right for any reason

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