Houston construction law firm Andrews Myers and a retired senior counsel face a negligence suit filed by ex-clients who allege the defendants gave them "wholly incorrect" advice on a design and construction contract with Dallas-based Studio Movie Grill that resulted in millions in losses and forced them out of business.

In a petition filed on Friday in state district court in Harris County, Panterra Development and related company Panterra GP, both of Dallas, seek more than $1 million in damages from Andrews Myers and the firm's former senior counsel Linda Emery.