Legal Opinion

Jacquelyn C. Gregan, Individually, and Jacquelyn C. Gregan, P.C., D/B/A Haskins & Gregan, Formerly D/B/A Haskins , Gregan & Kelly v. Lannie Todd Kelly

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided May 19, 2011No. 01-09-00685-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

Appellant, Jacquelyn C. Gregan, 1 appeals from a jury verdict finding that Gre-gan breached a fiduciary duty she owed to appellee, Lannie Todd Kelly. In four issues, Gregan argues the trial court erred by (1) denying her motion for summary judgment; (2) denying her motion for directed verdict; (3) denying her motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and new trial; and (4) denying her motion in limine seeking to exclude certain parol evidence.

We reverse and render.

Background

In 2002, Kelly began working for Gre-gan’s law firm, then known as Haskins &…

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