Legal Opinion

Brents v. Haynes & Boone, L.L.P.

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided August 24, 2001No. 05-97-01906-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON REMAND

Opinion by

Justice ROSENBERG.

This appeal is before this Court on remand from the Texas Supreme Court. Appellants Thomas and Doris Brents (the Brentses) appealed a summary judgment granted in favor of Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., William D. Ratliff III, and G. Dennis Sheehan (collectively, Haynes & Boone), by which the trial court held that the statute of limitations had run on the Brentses’ attorney malpractice claim. This Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment, applying language in Murphy v. Campbell, 964 S.W.2d 265 (Tex.1997), to the attorney tolling provisions of Hughes v.…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Moreno v. Sterling Drug, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Rogers v. Ricane Enterprises, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Willis v. MaverickTexas Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Murphy v. CampbellTexas Supreme Court · 1998

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Rice v. Louis A. Williams & Associates, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
  2. Sharpe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2003
  3. Albert Alexander v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007
  4. Cell Tex Site Services, LTD v. Kreager Law Firm and James S. Cheslock, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2012
  5. J.A. Green Development Corp., JAGI, Inc., and JAGI Verde LLC v. Grant Thornton, LLP, Jamie B. Fowler, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2016

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