Ray Fischer and Corporate Tax Management, Inc. N/K/A RY Fischer & Associates, Inc. v. Mark Boozer, Jerrod Raymond, and CTMI, LLC ( 2021 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
No. 02-19-00320-CV
RAY FISCHER AND CORPORATE TAX § On Appeal from the 48th District Court
MANAGEMENT, INC. N/K/A RY
FISCHER & ASSOCIATES, INC., § of Tarrant County (048-284212-16)
Appellants
V. § October 7, 2021
MARK BOOZER, JERROD RAYMOND, § Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack
AND CTMI, LLC, Appellees
JUDGMENT
This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that there
was error in the trial court’s final judgment. It is ordered that the trial court’s final
judgment is reversed and we render the following:
1. Appellant Ray Fischer shall recover from Appellees $990,175.66.
2. Appellants shall recover from Appellees $450,000 for Appellants’
reasonable and necessary attorney’s fees for work done at the trial court level.
3. Appellants shall recover from Appellees $60,000 for Appellants’
reasonable and necessary attorney’s fees for work done at the Court of Appeals level.
4. If Appellants prevail in an appeal of this court’s judgment to the Texas
Supreme Court, they shall additionally recover from Appellees $10,000 for Appellants’
reasonable and necessary attorney’s fees if a petition for review is filed, and in the
event the petition for review is granted by the Texas Supreme Court and Appellants
ultimately prevail, Appellants shall recover from Appellees an additional $30,000 for
Appellants’ reasonable and necessary attorney’s fees.
It is further ordered that Appellees shall bear the costs of this appeal, for which
let execution issue.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
By /s/ Dana Womack
Justice Dana Womack