O'DONNELL v. Smith

OPINION

Opinion by

PHYLIS J. SPEEDLIN, Justice.

Thomas O’Donnell, as executor of the estate of Corwin D. Denney, appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of the law firm and attorneys who provided legal advice to Denney during his lifetime in his capacity as executor of his wife’s estate. This is the second time we have been asked to decide this case. On the first occasion, we affirmed the judgment of the trial court. We held, based on the summary judgment evidence, that O’Donnell could not recover on behalf of Den-ney’s estate because no cause of action for legal malpractice accrued…