Chessher v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

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• holding that trial court erred by granting party summary judgment on multiple claims where party only moved for summary judgment on one claim
• holding appellate court’s affirmation of judgment disposing of all the plaintiff’s claims was improper when the defendant had moved for summary judgment on only one of the plaintiff’s claims
• holding appellate court’s affirmation of judgment disposing of all the plaintiff’s claims was improper when the defendant had moved for summary judgment on only one of the plaintiff’s claims
• stating it is reversible error to grant summary judgment on a claim not addressed in the motion
• because motion for summary judgment challenged only one of four pleaded causes of action, take-nothing judgment on the three unchallenged causes was improper
• one may not be granted judgment as a matter of law on a cause of action not addressed in a summary judgment proceeding

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