Legal Opinion

Cantu v. GUERRA & MOORE, LTD., LLP

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided October 28, 2009No. 04-08-00786-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by:

SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered in favor of appellees, following a jury trial in a dispute between attorneys with competing claims to attorney’s fees. We reverse the directed verdict in favor of appellee, Romero, Gonzalez & Benavides, LLP; we reverse the award of costs against appellant, Mark Cantu; and we remand, in part, for further proceedings. We affirm the judgment in all other respects.

BACKGROUND

This suit over attorney’s fees has its origin in a product liability/wrongful death action arising from the September 2004 death of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Coker v. CokerTexas Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Interstate Northborough Partnership v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Houston First American Savings v. MusickTexas Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Gulf Insurance Co. v. Burns Motors, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Trinity River Authority v. URS Consultants, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. SJW Property Commerce, Inc. v. Southwest Pinnacle Properties, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2010
  2. Mark A. Cantu v. Guerra & Moore LLP, Carlos Guerra, J. Michael Moore, and David Lumber, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2014
  3. Cantu v. Guerra & Moore, LLPCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  4. Cantu v. MooreDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2024
  5. Charles Popeney and Ft. Bend Neurology, P.A. v. Rachel Causey and Bill Causey, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2013

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