Austin Bharadwaja and Ryan Bharadwaja/Michael Hays, Elizabeth Hays, and Panda Pal Property Management v. Michael Hays, Elizabeth Hays, and Panda Pal Property Management/Austin Bharadwaja and Ryan Bharadwaja

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 19, 2025
• Docket: 08-24-00075-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

§ AUSTIN BHARADWAJA and RYAN BHARADWAJA, § No. 08-24-00075-CV

Appellants/Cross-Appellees, § Appeal from the

v. § County Court at Law No. 7

MICHAEL HAYS; ELIZABETH HAYS; § of El Paso County, Texas and PANDA PAL PROPERTY, MANAGEMENT, LLC, § (TC# 2023-CCV00813)

Appellees/Cross-Appellants. §

JUDGMENT

The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes the trial court’s judgment

should be affirmed in part and reversed and rendered in part. We therefore (1) reverse the trial

court’s award of a reduction in the Bharadwajas’ rent; (2) reverse the trial court’s award of $10,000

in attorney’s fees and render judgment for the Bharadwajas in the amount of $23,468; (3) render

judgment of a civil penalty in favor of the Bharadwajas on each repair or remedy claim in the total

amount of $6,600; and (4) reverse the trial court’s award of contingent appellate fees in favor of

the Bharadwajas. We affirm the trial court’s judgment in all other respects. We remand the case to

the trial court for entry of a judgment consistent with this opinion. We further order that Appellants recover from Appellees and their sureties, if any, for

performance of the judgment and all costs of appeal, for which let execution issue. See Tex. R.

App. P. 43.5. This decision shall be certified below for observance.

IT IS ORDERED this 19th day of June 2025.

MARIA SALAS MENDOZA, Chief Justice

Before Salas Mendoza C.J., Palafox and Soto, JJ.