Lawyer's Malpractice Suit Against Criminal Defense Attorney Revived on Appeal
"The trial court acted in an arbitrary and unreasonable manner by dismissing the case after setting a deadline it knew the parties would be unable to meet and in the face of their ongoing active participation in the case," the Fourth Court of Appeals found.
November 03, 2022 at 04:55 PM
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Legal MalpracticeA Texas family law attorney—whose misfortunes led to a new state Supreme Court rule on tolling the statute of limitations in malpractice suits, only to have the case dismissed as abandoned—got a favorable ruling at the Fourth Court of Appeals.
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