Kelley & Witherspoon, LLP v. Charles and Jeanette Hooper

OPINION

KERRY P. FITZGERALD, Justice.

Appellee Jeannette Hooper and her husband Charles, now deceased, sued appellants for legal malpractice. The case was tried to a jury, and the trial judge rendered judgment in Jeannette Hooper’s favor on the jury verdict. On appeal, appellants raise four points of error challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the correctness of the jury charge. Concluding that the jury charge was erroneous, we reverse and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual background

The evidence at trial supported the following facts. Charles and Jeannette Hooper were a married couple.…