Damages Disconnect

The plaintiff’s summary-judgment testimony about reliance went as follows (with a key phrase emphasized):

Had I known that Defendants were planning to leave my company and go out on their own I would not have entered into the second agreement on January 5, 2018. By doing so I allowed Defendants to pull more loads, earn greater revenue, and gain greater access to my clients and my business information. In fact, I would have taken actions to hire other drive[r]s and secure additional trucks as necessary. I would also have reduced and ultimately eliminated the work I was providing to Defendants.

Unfortunately, this testimony “failed to link [plaintiff’s] purported reliance to the only misrepresentation it identified—Mr. Woods’s failure to reveal he had changed the name of his entity from Woods Transportation to 1st Class Fuels.” L.D. McLoud Transp., LLC v. 1st Class Fuels, LLC, No. 05-20-00796-CV (June 3, 2022) (mem. op.) (emphasis added).