Case Involving Field Manufacturer Highlights the Need to Preserve Error and Get a Written Ruling on Objections to Summary Judgment Evidence

By Nate D. French and Mari Bryn Dowdy, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney   This this construction defect case—on appeal from the 102nd District Court, Bowie County, Texas—Pleasant Grove Independent School District (“Pleasant Grove”) sued its general contractor, Altech, Inc. (“Altech”), for breach of warranty and the field manufacturer, FieldTurf USA, Inc. (“FieldTurf”), for breach of warranty and fraud relating to the manufacture and installation of the artificial-turf fiel