Cruse v. O'QUINN

OPINION

BROWN, Justice.

In this accelerated, interlocutory appeal, appellants Leonard A. Cruse and Cruse and Associates, P.C. (collectively, “Cruse”), appeal the trial court’s grant of appellees’ motion for partial summary judgment as to Cruse’s claims arising out of a fee-sharing agreement (“FSA”). In their motion, ap-pellees, John M. O’Quinn and John M. O’Quinn & Associates, L.L.P. (collectively, “O’Quinn”) asserted the affirmative defense that the FSA was illegal and void because Cruse was prohibited by Texas law from recovering fees under the FSA on cases that were not settled or otherwise…