Client v. Lawyer
Legal Ethics and Malpractice in Texas
Client vs. Lawyer: Legal Ethics and Malpractice in Texas: Category Archive for Causation

Conclusory affidavit on damages dooms legal malpractice claim

Posted by Sandy McCorquodale at 5/22/2007 8:42 AM | Add Comment

Expert’s affidavit insufficient to support summary judgment against lawyers on legal malpractice claims.

Posted by Sandy McCorquodale at 3/25/2007 11:24 AM | Add Comment

Peeler doctrine bars legal malpractice claim against appellate and habeas counsel.

Posted by Sandy McCorquodale at 12/24/2006 5:46 PM | Add Comment

Prisoner failed to prove damages in legal malpractice claim over termination of parental rights

Posted by Sandy McCorquodale at 11/25/2006 8:06 PM | Add Comment

Client fails to prove causation in suit alleging attorney was negligent in failing to assert a lack of informed consent claim in a medical malpractice action.

Posted by Sandy McCorquodale at 11/5/2006 11:31 PM | Add Comment

Expert testimony necessary to establish causation in claim alleging attorney’s negligence in defending suit on a note.

Posted by Sandy McCorquodale at 11/5/2006 11:25 PM | Add Comment

No evidence of damages fatal to claims against lawyer retained to brief appeal.

Posted by Sandy McCorquodale at 10/18/2006 9:09 PM | Add Comment

Legal malpractice claim doomed by failure to prove that settling, instead of continuing claims, caused damages, but Arce claim survives.

Posted by Sandy McCorquodale at 10/1/2006 4:56 PM | Add Comment

Expert affidavit from attorney insufficient to establish that case-within-a-case would have been won.

Posted by Sandy McCorquodale at 7/8/2006 4:00 PM | Add Comment

Lack of expert testimony on causation fatal to malpractice claim.

Posted by Sandy McCorquodale at 5/21/2006 11:36 AM | Add Comment
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