Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Burkett
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided December 6, 1990No. 13-90-036-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEYS, Justice.
Appellants John Roberts and Louis Wells III appeal from a judgment in their favor against their attorneys, Stephen Burkett, Perry Burkett and the law firm of Burkett and Associates, Inc. The trial court found the attorneys were liable for legal malpractice, but not liable for fraud or violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act 1 (DTPA). Each appellant was found 20% negligent and the attorneys were found 60% negligent. By fourteen points of error appellants complain that they were not negligent, damages were not sufficient, and that the evidence established their D.T.…
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