James O. Rogers, William M. Burmeister v. Victor B. Zanetti, Charles Perry and Andrews Kurth LLP

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Opinion by

Justice Whitehill

Appellants (the “Clients”) sued appellees (the “Lawyers”) for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty. The Lawyers won a take-nothing summary judgment. In two issues, the Clients argue that (i) the trial court erred by striking one of their summary judgment affidavits and (ii) the trial court erred by granting summary judgment. The principal question on appeal is whether the Clients raised a genuine fact issue on the causation element. We conclude that they did not and accordingly affirm.

I. Background

A. Factual Background

We draw the…