Yellow Pages Require Green

The court affirmed a judgment in favor of AT&T against an attorney for breaches of a 2008 and a 2009 agreement for Yellow Pages advertising. Thornton entered into the agreements with AT&T but only made partial payments on the 2008 contract and none on the 2009 one. The trial court entered judgment in favor of AT&T after a half-day bench trial. On appeal, Thornton challenged the legal sufficiency of the evidence of a valid contract, breach, and any award based on quantum meruit. The court held that AT&T’s evidence at trial, including four contract documents with Thornton’s signature and evidence that Thornton began making partial payments according to the 2008 contract, was sufficient to support the finding of a contract. Further, the evidence showing that AT&T  produced advertisements of Thornton’s law practice as stated in the contracts, and the Thornton no making payments according to those contracts was sufficient to show support the finding of breach and damages. Thus, the judgment was upheld.

Thornton v. AT&T Advertising, No. 05-11-00767-CV