Hill Country Preservation, LLC v. Philip G. King and SynchroPile, Inc. ( 2024 )

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
HILL COUNTRY PRESERVATION, LLC, § No. 08-23-00205-CV
Appellant, § Appeal from
v. § 38th Judicial District Court
PHILIP G. KING and SYNCHROPILE, INC., § of Real County, Texas
Appellees. § (TC# 2023-3796-DC)
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 remanded in part. The trial court’s ruling granting
summary judgment and dismissing Appellant’s claims is affirmed except with regard to the
negligence claim arising from the specific professional engineering services King agreed to
perform. The portion of the trial court’s judgment dismissing Appellant’s negligence claim only
to that extent is reversed and remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with
the Court’s opinion.
We further order that each party shall pay one-half of the 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 30TH DAY OF APRIL 2024.
LISA J. SOTO, Justice
Before Alley, C.J., Palafox and Soto, JJ.
Alley, C.J., concurring without opinion.