Legal Opinion
Swank v. Cunningham
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided May 22, 2008No. 11-06-00172-CVPublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TERRY McCALL, Justice.
This is essentially a legal malpractice case brought by Mark Swank and James McCoy, Jr. against their attorneys and other attorneys involved in the underlying case of Swank v. Sverdlin, 121 S.W.3d 785 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2008, pet. denied). In this cause, Swank and McCoy alleged claims for legal malpractice, breaches of fiduciary duties, conspiracy, conversion, and fraud.
The underlying litigation involved a dispute over control of Automated Marine Propulsion Systems, Inc. (AMPS), a company founded by Anatoly Sverdlin and one in which he initially owned…
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