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Facts

• Plaintiffs, Angela and Paul McGregor, along with their related corporate and trust entities, were involved in two loan transactions with Defendants for hotel construction projects in Amarillo, Texas, and Clovis, New Mexico, in 2003 and 2005, respectively. Plaintiffs allege Defendants committed various wrongs during these transactions, including misrepresentations and delays that caused damages (paras 2-9).

Procedural History

• District Court of Bernalillo County: Granted summary judgment in favor of Defendants Greg Garrett and Platinum Bank, concluding that Platinum is not legally responsible for TexStar’s liabilities and that Garrett had not committed any act or omission giving rise to legal liability (para 10-13).

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiffs-Appellants: Argued that Defendants committed negligent misrepresentation, intentional misrepresentation and fraud, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and prima facie tort. They claimed that Defendants' actions during the loan transactions were designed to allow them to foreclose on the Clovis loan and obtain the property for the bank (para 10).
• Defendants-Appellees: Argued that Garrett had not committed any act or omission giving rise to legal liability and that his actions had not caused Plaintiffs any damages. They also argued that Platinum was not legally responsible for TexStar’s liabilities or for Garrett’s actions based on a theory of respondeat superior liability (para 11).

Legal Issues

• Whether Defendants committed negligent misrepresentation, intentional misrepresentation and fraud, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and prima facie tort in their dealings with Plaintiffs during the loan transactions (para 10-13).
• Whether Platinum Bank is legally responsible for the liabilities of TexStar Bank (para 16-22).

Disposition

• The district court’s grants of summary judgment in favor of Defendants on all claims were affirmed (para 42).

Reasons

• The Court of Appeals held that Defendants made a prima facie case for summary judgment by negating essential elements of Plaintiffs' claims, such as falsity and pecuniary loss in the misrepresentation claims, and that Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a disputed issue of fact that would preclude summary judgment. The court also found that Plaintiffs did not present sufficient evidence to establish that Platinum Bank was a mere continuation of TexStar Bank and thus liable for its predecessor's actions. The court concluded that Plaintiffs had effectively abandoned certain claims on appeal by not offering arguments or authority against the district court's summary judgment on those claims. Additionally, the court found that Plaintiffs failed to preserve or adequately develop their argument regarding constructive fraud for appellate review (paras 23-41).