Paree La'Tiejaira v. John A. Cribb

Conroe, Texas family law lawyers represented the Plaintiff and the Defendant in a breach of contract and fraudulent inducement case.

In November 2015, La'Tiejira and Cribb met through an online dating website. Despite being married, Cribb initially told La'Tiejira he was unmarried, and they began a romantic relationship. During the relationship, Cribb bought La'Tiejira gifts and transferred money into La'Tiejira's various accounts. In March2016, Cribb purportedly emailed La'Tiejira in which he promised to support her financially and pay her $250,000.00 if she would remove her online dating profile from the website. La'Tiejira alleged she learned for the first time that Cribb was married after the March 27, 2016 email. In 2019, after their relationship ended but before La'Tiejira sued, Cribb and his wife divorced. In 2021, La'Tiejira sued Cribb for breach of a unilateral contract and fraudulent inducement, seeking specific performance to require Cribb pay her $250,000.00.



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La'Tiejira v. Cribb, 09-22-00326-CV (Tex. App. Oct 17, 2024)

We affirm the trial court's No Evidence Summary Judgment for Cribb. We reverse the portion of the trial court's August 5,2022 Order awarding sanctions and render judgment that Cribb take nothing on his sanctions request, because (1) the record does not support a finding that the Motion to Compel was groundless under Chapter 9 or Rule 13, and (2) the trial court's Order awarding sanctions did not

contain the requisite information under Rule 13 or Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 10.005.