Traditional and no-evidence are the two types of summary judgment motions. Requesting no-evidence summary judgment means telling the judge that no evidence can support any of your opponent's arguments. Therefore you request the dismissal of the claim before it goes to trial.
The court shall grant summary judgment if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The court should state on the record the reasons for granting or denying the motion.
Ing to Rule 166a, a summary judgment should be filed and served no less than 21 days before the hearing. Any response to the summary judgment is due no less than 7 days before the hearing.
While both are pre-trial devices, summary adjudication differs from summary judgment in that the latter disposes of the entire case, whereas summary adjudication resolves selected issues, leaving the remaining ones to be settled at trial.
Traditional and no-evidence are the two types of summary judgment motions.
It is much more difficult for plaintiffs to win this type of summary judgment. Rather than knocking out a single element to doom a cause of action, like a defendant, every element of each claim as to which the plaintiff wishes to achieve summary judgment must be proven by admissible evidence.