Legal Opinion
Robert D. Coleman v. Reed W. Prospere
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided September 22, 2014No. 05-13-00068-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice EVANS.
Robert D. Coleman appeals a take-nothing summary judgment in his lawsuit against his former criminal defense counsel, Reed W. Prospere. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the entire case for further proceedings.
I. Background
The following allegations are taken from appellant’s live pleading.1 On November 7, 2007, appellant entered into a written agreement for appellee to represent him in the retrial of a pending criminal matter.2 *518According to appellant, in exchange for a flat fee of $25,000, appellee agreed to…
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