Legal Opinion
Andrews v. Stanton
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided January 5, 2006No. 08-05-00206-CVPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
Gilbert Andrews appeals from an order dismissing his cause of action for want of prosecution. Because we conclude the trial court erroneously determined it lacked plenary power to consider Andrews’ motion to reinstate, we reverse and remand.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
On May 17, 2004, Gilbert Andrews filed a legal malpractice suit against Thomas E. Stanton, Christopher Allen Antcliff, and Mark Gregory Briggs, all of whom an swered in June 2004. On January 25, 2005, less than seven months after the last defendant answered, the trial court sent notice to Andrews of its…
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