Legal Opinion
F.W. Industries, Inc. v. McKeehan
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided July 14, 2005No. 11-04-00053-CVPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TERRY McCALL. Justice.
This is a legal malpractice case. F.W. Industries, Inc., sued its former lawyer, Stewart McKeehan. McKeehan represented F.W. in a state court collection suit against Permian Producers, Inc. While the collection suit was pending, Permian filed for bankruptcy. Later, the state court dismissed F.W.’s collection suit against Permian for want of prosecution. F.W. brought this action, alleging that McKee-han committed negligence during his representation of it in the state court suit and that the negligence proximately caused it to sustain damages. After the deadline…
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