Legal Opinion
Gillespie v. Scherr
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided February 4, 1999No. 14-97-00479-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD H. EDELMAN, Justice.
In this legal malpractice case, appellants1 appeal a take-nothing summary judgment granted in favor of James Franklin Scherr, Noel Gage, and Gage, Beach & Ager, on the grounds that: (1) appellants had an attorney-client relationship with appellees; (2) appel-lees breached their fiduciary duty to, and committed fraud against, appellants; (3) appellants were damaged by appellees’ actions; and (4) appellants Stewart Stephenson and Richard Ivy had contracts of representation with appellees. We affirm.
Background
Appellants are chiropractors licensed to practice in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- American Tobacco Co., Inc. v. GrinnellTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- Commissioners Court of Titus County v. AganTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Boyles v. KerrTexas Supreme Court · 1993
- Huie v. DeShazoTexas Supreme Court · 1996
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Jones v. Blume, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2006
- Cullins v. Foster, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005
- Purvis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1999
- Marvin Schick v. David Berg and Moriarty Leyendecker, Docket No. 04-2675-CvCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Smith v. McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill, & Graf, L.L.P., Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2000
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