Mathew v. McCoy

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

In this appeal from a summary judgment, the parents of a young daughter, whose meningitis was allegedly misdiagnosed, contend the attorneys prosecuting their medical malpractice claim committed legal malpractice. In six points of error, appellants claim (1) the motion for summary judgment should have been held in abeyance due to a protective order entered in another trial court, and (2) summary judgment was improper. We affirm.

On June 29, 1984, Jacob and Annamma Mathew, as next friends of their daughter, Sobhana, entered into a contingency fee agreement with the law firm…