Legal Opinion
Sample v. Freeman
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided May 5, 1994No. 09-92-291 CVPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NYE, Chief Justice. 1
On July 16, 1979, appellee, Walter Freeman, executed a contract of employment with Ernest L. Sample, attorney at law and appellant herein. Appellant was hired originally to represent appellee for injuries sustained by him on February 2,1979, while aboard the ship SS Thomas Jefferson owned by Waterman Corporation. Freeman brought suit against attorney Sample for failure to timely file suit on his behalf for those injuries. Freeman sued under theories of negligence, gross negligence, Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) violations, and breach of warranty-
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