Southland Corp. v. Lewis

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• holding that a private investigator’s affidavit that was based solely on his notes from interviews was “clearly inadmissible hearsay” that was properly objected to and therefore was not competent summary judgment proof
• holding that a private investigator’s affidavit that was based solely on his notes from interviews was “clearly inadmissible hearsay” that was properly objected to and therefore was not competent summary judgment proof
• holding that a private investigator = s affidavit that was based solely on his notes from interviews was A clearly inadmissible hearsay @ that was properly objected to and therefore was not competent summary judgment proof
• rendering judgment for a defendant who established in its summary judgment motion that it was an alcohol provider who sold to a plaintiff over eighteen, thus triggering the exclusive-remedy provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Code
• “Mr. Long’s affidavit, which was based solely on his notes from the interview, is clearly inadmissible hearsay which was properly objected to by 7- Eleven. Accordingly, it is not competent summary judgment proof.”
• “Lewis cannot establish proximate cause through 7–Eleven’s sale of alcohol to [passenger] Ernemann.”

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