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Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 8/12/2011

Powell Electrical Systems, Inc. v. Hewlett Packard Co.

Citations

  • 356 S.W.3d 113
  • 2011 WL 1598758

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that expert testimony regarding attorney’s fees is not conclusive and trier of fact is not bound by such testimony
  • stating that “judicial economy may favor separate submission of liability theories to prevent the need to re-try the cause of action if the trial court reaches an incorrect decision with' regard to which theories óf liability should be submitted to the'jury.”
  • stating that “judicial 27 economy may favor separate submission of liability theories to prevent the need to re-try the cause of action if the trial court reaches an incorrect decision with regard to which theories of liability should be submitted to the jury.”
  • stating that \judicial economy may favor separate submission of liability theories to prevent the need to re-try the cause of action if the trial court reaches an incorrect decision with regard to which theories of liability should be submitted to the jury.\
  • declining to apply Casteel presumed harm in a contract case when the plaintiff never contended at trial that invalid breach theories had caused damages, “so there was no risk that the jury might find damages” on that basis
  • “[T]he interpretation of unambiguous contracts is a legal question that is reviewed de novo.”

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Judges: Jane Bland

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