· 7/3/2003
Nowak v. DAS Investment Corp.
Citations
- 110 S.W.3d 677
- 2003 Tex. App. LEXIS 5645
- 2003 WL 21511164
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that the defendant improperly filed a no-evidence motion on its own affirmative defense of limitations
- stating that non-movant need not respond to motion for no-evidence summary judgment on claims for which movant has burden of proof
- explaining that non-movant need not file a response to improper or defective no-evidence motion, including no-evidence motion on claims for which movant bore burden of proof
- party need not respond to such a motion because the motion should not have been filed at all
- “[A] defendant urging summary judgment on an affirmative defense must come forward with summary judgment evidence for each element of the defense.”
- \Only when a party conclusively proves every element of its affirmative defense is it entitled to summary judgment.\
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Judges: Wanda McKee Fowler
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