Von Briesen, Purtell & Roper, S.C. v. French
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN T. BOYD, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a denial of a special appearance filed by a Minnesota law firm in a suit against it filed by a former member of the firm. In the suit, appellee William J. French (French) asserted that the law firm had tortiuously interfered with a contract and conspired to further interfere with his contractual rights. Because the appellant law firm waived any challenge to the trial court’s personal jurisdiction over it, we affirm the trial court’s order.
The factual and procedural history of the underlying dispute is complex but helpful to an understanding…
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