Grounds are grounds.

September 10, 2018
  • “[A]lthough [a] motion for traditional summary judgment did not contain [a] section ‘expressly setting forth summary judgment grounds,’ it was sufficiently specific where it clearly pertained to [the] sole cause of action in question and set forth [a] basis on which movant should prevail.”
  • “‘Courts have granted summary judgments on causes of action not specifically addressed in a movant’s motion if the movant has conclusively disproven an ultimate fact which is central to all causes of action alleged, or the unaddressed causes of action are derivative of the addressed cause of action.'”

Turner v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC, No. 05-17-01053-CV (Sept. 6, 2018) (mem. op.) (citations omitted for both of the above, which are case parentheticals in the opinion).