Caton v. Payne

PER CURIAM: *

Thomas Catón, Jerry Sanchez, and James Wallace (collectively, the “Individual Plaintiffs”) appeal the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s decision to grant in part and deny in part their motion for summary judgment, and its decision to grant in part and deny in part Linda Payne’s motion to dismiss. We AFFIRM.

I. Background

In 1994, Boyd Veigel, P.C. (“Boyd Veig-el”) was hired to represent approximately 1600 firefighters and police officers (the “State Plaintiffs”), including the Individual Plaintiffs, in Texas state court in a series of class action lawsuits…