Legal Opinion

Gibson v. Ellis

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided February 3, 2004No. 05-02-01640-CVPublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice MORRIS.

This is an appeal from a legal malpractice case. The trial court granted a take-nothing judgment on appellant John Gibson’s affirmative claims against appellee Al Ellis and awarded Ellis $41,000 in attorney’s fees on his counterclaim. Gibson delineates eleven issues in his appeal. He contends the trial court erred in the following ways: by failing to grant judgment as a matter of law on several of his causes of action, by granting a take-nothing summary judgment on his claims for negligence and violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, by denying his…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  2. KPMG Peat Marwick v. Harrison County Housing Finance Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Willis v. MaverickTexas Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Villegas v. CarterTexas Supreme Court · 1986
  5. McCraw v. MarisTexas Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Murphy v. Gruber, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2007
  2. Carr v. MAIN CARR DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2011
  3. Miller v. McCown De Leeuw & Co. (In Re the Brown Schools)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · 2007
  4. Bailey v. Gardner, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2005
  5. Franks v. Roades, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2010

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