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Supreme Court of Texas hears argument on whether trial materials and testimony may be used in related malpractice suits
Summary
At oral argument the petitioners’ counsel urged the court to limit use of trial materials and testimony in later civil malpractice claims and disputed whether the pleadings establish an attorney-client relationship. The transcript supplied is partially garbled and several names and citations are unclear.
An unnamed counsel arguing for the petitioners told the Supreme Court of Texas that the record and witness testimony at issue should not be used to decide a related civil malpractice claim without clear factual support in the pleadings.
“I represent the petitioners in this matter,” the advocate told the court, framing the dispute as one about the proper procedural vehicle and the evidentiary boundaries for civil claims that implicate attorney conduct.
The argument focused on two linked questions: whether the complaint sufficiently pleads an attorney-client relationship and whether testimony or…
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