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• A trial court judge's errors on deadlines for filing of a motion and the award of attorney fees led to reversals by the Texarkana appellate court.
• The defense motion to dismiss was reversed because it was not timely filed.
• The attorney fee award was voided because the trial court's plenary power had expired.

An experienced district court judge’s errors on deadlines related to the filing of a motion and the award of attorney fees led to reversals, in a decision entered by the court of appeals in Texarkana.

Navarro County 13th District Court Judge James Lagomarsino, who has been on the bench since 2009, was found to have erred when he dismissed an employment discrimination lawsuit on behalf of defendant NALCO Co. LLC, doing business as Ecolab Inc., doing business as ChampionX LLC.

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