Legal Opinion
Rodgers v. Weatherspoon
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided August 26, 2004No. 05-03-00909-CVPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Justice LANG-MIERS.
Michael D. Rodgers, Sr. appeals a summary judgment that dismissed his legal malpractice claim against his former court-appointed lawyer, Kenneth Weatherspoon. In five issues, Rodgers claims that summary judgment should not have been granted because (1) Weatherspoon did not establish that Rodgers could not prove one or more of the elements of his claim as a matter of law, and (2) genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment. Because Weatherspoon disproved proximate causation as a matter of law, we hold that Weatherspoon was entitled to summary…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Burrow v. ArceTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- Peeler v. Hughes & LuceTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Cosgrove v. GrimesTexas Supreme Court · 1989
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3Cited by18 opinions
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