Staniford v. Fullerton

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that, generally, when evidence is legally insufficient to support judgment, appellate court renders judgment trial court should have rendered
• concluding attorney’s fees paid in prior lawsuit could be recovered as damages in subsequent lawsuit upon showing of causation
• stating that “when there is some evidence of damages, but not enough to support the full amount, it is inappropriate to render judgment”
• noting that when there is no objection “we assume, without deciding, that the instruction was correct and measure the evidence by the charge as given”
• holding, in context of legal malpractice suit, “A negligence claim, unlike a fee forfeiture claim for breach of fiduciary duty, is about compensating an injured party”
• noting that “when there is some evidence of damages, but not enough to support the full amount” court of appeals may consider suggestion of remittitur or remand

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