Legal Opinion
Day v. Harkins & Munoz
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided July 23, 1997No. 01-96-00434-CVPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAM BASS, Justice. *
This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of the law firm in a legal malpractice case. The legal malpractice lawsuit arose out of an underlying wrongful death and medical malpractice case. In two points of error, the plaintiffs argue the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because the lawyer-defendants did not refute the existence of a duty in the underlying medical malpractice case. We affirm.
FACTS & PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Before this case, the Days employed Michael Harkins of the law firm Harkins & Munoz (collectively Harkins & Munoz) to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Randall's Food Markets, Inc. v. JohnsonTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. S.S.Texas Supreme Court · 1993
- Marchal v. Webb, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1993
- St. John v. PopeTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- White v. Wah, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1990
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Williams v. Briscoe, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004
- Martin L. Schneider, M.D., P.A. v. Haws, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2003
- Lection v. Dyll, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2001
- Grider v. Mike O'Brien, P.C., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2008
- Smith v. Mosbacker, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
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