ORTHO SPORT & SPINE PHYSICIANS, LLC v. JOHN ERNEST SNOWDEN

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• holding that this court will not affirm a summary judgment on ground not specifically presented in motion for summary judgment
• reversing a summary judgment rendered as to four causes of action when the movant moved for summary judgment on only one of the causes of action
• grounds cannot be raised for the first time in appellate briefs
• “When a motion for summary judgment asserts grounds A and B, it cannot be upheld on grounds C and D, which were not asserted, even if the summary judgment proof supports them and the responding party did not except to the motion.”
• if summary judgment was sought on grounds A and B, it cannot be upheld on grounds C and D, which were not asserted, even if summary judgment proof supports them and responding party did not except to motion
• grounds cannot be raised for the first time in appellate briefs

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