Southwest Galvanizing, Inc. v. Eagle Fabricators, Inc

Opinion

September 13, 2012

JUDGMENT

The Fourteenth Court of Appeals SOUTHWEST GALVANIZING, INC., Appellant

NO. 14-11-01064-CV V.

EAGLE FABRICATORS, INC., Appellee ________________________________

This cause, an appeal from the judgment in favor of appellee, Eagle Fabricators, Inc., signed September 15, 2011, was heard on the transcript of the record. We have inspected the record and find the trial court erred. We therefore order that the portions of the judgment regarding the award of attorney’s fees are REVERSED, and we RENDER judgment awarding attorney’s fees in the following amounts:

$50,000 “for services rendered through trial of this case”;

$25,000 “in the event of an unsuccessful appeal by Eagle Fabricators, Inc. to the Court of Appeals”;

$20,000 “in the event of Southwest Galvanizing, Inc. responding to a Petition for Review to the Supreme Court of Texas”; and

$5,000 “if a Petition for Review is granted by the Supreme Court of Texas.”

Further, we find no error in the remainder of the judgment and order it AFFIRMED.

We order appellee, Eagle Fabricators, Inc., to pay all costs incurred in this appeal.

We further order this decision certified below for observance.