Legal Opinion
Fleming v. Curry
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 20, 2013No. Nos. 14-11-01093-CV, 14-12-00300-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TRACY CHRISTOPHER, Justice.
In these consolidated appeals, we review the summary judgments granted to several hundred plaintiffs on their breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims against the attorney and law firm that represented them in their personal-injury claims arising from their use of diet drugs. The law firm screened tens of thousands of clients for eligibility to opt out of a class-action settlement and pursue personal-injury suits against a pharmaceutical company, and ultimately obtained an aggregate settlement of the claims for over 8,000 clients. From the gross settlement funds of…
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