Starwood Management, LLC by and Through Norma Gonzalez v. Don Swaim and Rose Walker, L.L.P.

The question in this legal malpractice case is whether an expert witness affidavit is conclusory regarding causation. The trial court concluded that it is. The court of appeals affirmed. We disagree. We reverse and remand to the court of appeals for further proceedings.

Norma Gonzalez, an American citizen, is the owner and sole managing member of Starwood Management, LLC, a charter aircraft company. Ed Nunez, a Starwood employee who. was not a U.S. citizen, registered a 1982 Gulfstream aircraft in Star-wood’s name and signed the application as Starwood’s “Manager.” The aircraft was seized by…