Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Chapman
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided January 28, 2000No. 05-97-01310-CVPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID F. FARRIS, Justice, (Assigned).
On the Court’s own motion, we withdraw our opinion of January 21, 2000 and substitute this opinion in its place.
This is a suit filed by an unsuccessful litigant against an opposing attorney. Herman E. Mitchell sued Carlyle H. Chapman alleging he withheld a document from discovery essential to Mitchell’s recovery in two prior suits. Chapman was the attorney for a defendant in both prior suits. Mitchell contends Chapman acted either willfully or negligently in denying the existence of the document and that Mitchell, and his attorney, relied on that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McCamish, Martin, Brown & Loeffler v. F.E. Appling InterestsTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- Renfroe v. Jones & AssociatesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997
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