Elite Concepts v. Field — “Repair” Clause in Pool Construction Contract Encompasses Cost to Complete; Contractor Who Walks Off Job Cannot Claim Attorney’s Fees as Prevailing Party
The Fifteenth Court of Appeals held that a pool construction contract’s limitation of remedy to “repair” encompasses cost-to-complete damages as well as cost-to-repair, because construing “repair” to exclude unfinished work would render the contractor’s promise illusory; it also held that a contractor whose quantum meruit recovery is offset by the owner’s larger breach-of-contract damages award is not a “prevailing party” entitled to Chapter 38 attorney’s fees.