Cooper v. Harris

OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

An attorney appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict against him based on negligence and breach-of-contract claims asserted by his former client in connection with the attorney’s handling of a lawsuit against the client’s former employer. Concluding that the evidence of causation is legally insufficient as to the negligence claim and that the client cannot assert the breach-of-contract claim separately from the negligence claim, we reverse the trial court’s judgment and render judgment that the client take nothing.

I. Factual and ProCedural Background

Appellan…