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Millhouse v. Wiesenthal

Citations

  • 775 S.W.2d 626
  • 32 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 332
  • 1989 Tex. LEXIS 32
  • 1989 WL 36550

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  • recognizing general rule that causation is fact question, but finding that causation in appellate legal- malpractice case is question of law
  • recognizing general rule that causation is fact question, but finding that causation in appellate legal-malpractice case is question of law
  • \in a case of appellate legal malpractice the determination of causation is a question of law\
  • to prove proximate cause in legal malpractice action, client must show underlying lawsuit would have been successful \but for\ attorney's negligence
  • when negligence complained of was failure to timely file statement of facts in prior appeal, scrutiny of entire record, including missing statement of facts, to determine if prior appeal would have succeeded is proper

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Judges: Cook, Ray, Mauzy

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