Legal Opinion

Campos v. State Farm General Insurance

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 29, 1997No. 04-96-00281-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GREEN, Justice.

In this appeal, Jovita Campos argues that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding her attorney’s testimony on the issue of attorney fees. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

*54Facts

Campos brought this breach of contract action against State Farm General Insurance Company. In addition to damages, she sought an award of statutory attorney fees. Less than thirty days before trial, Campos supplemented her responses to State Farm’s interrogatories to name her attorney as an expert witness on the issue of attorney fees. State Farm then moved to strike the attorney…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp. v. PowellTexas Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Sharp v. Broadway National BankTexas Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Budd v. GayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. Novosad v. Mid-Century Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1994
  5. Wheelways Insurance Co. v. Hodges, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1994

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