Shook v. Walden

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• noting that the phrase “in addition to” suggests that the Legislature intended to differentiate between attorney’s fees, damages awarded for a valid claim, and costs
• rejecting argument that party was entitled to security adequate to protect interest in award of attorney’s fees because legislature “has struck a different balance of interests in section 52.006, and we are bound to defer to these policy judgments”
• “Although attorney’s fees are frequently a substantial component of recoveries in civil cases, the [Legislature never mentioned them in any of chapter 41’s definitions.”
• we read every word, phrase, and expression in statute as if it were deliberately chosen, and likewise presume that words excluded from statute are done so purposefully
• we read every word, phrase, and expression in statute as if it were deliberately chosen, and likewise presume that words excluded from statute are done so purposefully
• we read every word, phrase, and expression in statute as if it were deliberately chosen, and likewise presume that words excluded from statute are done so purposefully

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).