, for negligence, negligent misrepresentation and violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Scalia seeks unspecified financial damages. Under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, he said, he’s entitled to additional damages up to three times his economic damages.that Scalia acquired is not cleared for development and has a concrete drainage inlet bordering the street that prevents construction of a driveway.Scalia lives in New York but said in a brief interview he plans to move to San Antonio by the end of the year.
To confirm he was buying the right property, the suit said, Scalia hired Texas Engineering & Surveying. On April 13, 2022, the firm delivered a survey of the plat. It showed that there was an attached concrete driveway entrance at the front of the property and a chain-link fence at the back, according to the lawsuit. It provided the legal description as Lot 9, Block 25, New City Block 3200.
It was with Texas Engineering’s issuance of the second survey that Scalia “became aware the parcel that he had purchased was not the parcel that he thought he had purchased,” the suit said.