Whataburger Restaurants LLC and Crystal Krueger v. Sadok Ferchichi and Martina Coronado

                           Fourth Court of Appeals
                                  San Antonio, Texas
                                       JUDGMENT
                                     No. 04-22-00020-CV

               WHATABURGER RESTAURANTS LLC and Crystal Krueger,
                               Appellants

                                               v.

                         Sadok FERCHICHI and Martina Coronado,
                                      Appellees

                  From the 150th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                Trial Court No. 2020CI15548
                       Honorable Cathleen M. Stryker, Judge Presiding

  BEFORE JUSTICE ALVAREZ, JUSTICE RODRIGUEZ, AND JUSTICE VALENZUELA

        In accordance with this court’s opinion of this date, the trial court’s order denying
appellants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Motion for Monetary Sanctions Pursuant to Chapter 27
of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code is REVERSED, and judgment is RENDERED
that (1) appellants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to the TCPA is granted and (2) appellees’ motion
for sanctions, which was filed on November 19, 2021, is dismissed. Further, this cause is
REMANDED so the trial court may consider appellants’ request for reasonable attorney’s fees,
costs, and sanctions as provided in their motion to dismiss.

       It is ORDERED that Appellants Whataburger Restaurants LLC and Crystal Krueger
recover their costs of appeal from Appellees Sadok Ferchichi and Martina Coronado.

       SIGNED December 28, 2022.


                                                _____________________________
                                                Liza A. Rodriguez, Justice