Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Trent
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 1, 2018No. 14-17-00017-CVPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKevin Jewell, Justice
Appellant Lori Elise Cooper was convicted of murdering her father. While serving a sixty-year sentence for the murder, Cooper filed a civil lawsuit against appellee Michael E. Trent, the assistant district attorney who prosecuted her. In short, Cooper alleged that Trent induced a witness to testify falsely during the criminal trial that Cooper had solicited the witness to kill her father. Cooper asserted various tort claims and sought money damages from Trent. The trial court dismissed Cooper's lawsuit under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 91a, which permits summary dismissal if the claims…
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