Delmer E. WOODBURN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Windle TURLEY Et Al., Defendants-Appellees

MORGAN, Circuit Judge.

Following the adverse adjudication of his age discrimination claim against a former employer, Delmer Woodburn filed this professional malpractice suit against attorneys Windle Turley, Mike McKool, Bill Jones, Bob Shoemaker, and the law firm of McKool, Jones, Shoemaker and Turley. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the ground that Woodburn’s claim was barred by the Texas statute or limitations, and Woodburn appealed.

The events leading to Woodburn’s complaint against the defendants began in November 1970, when Woodburn was discharged…