APEX TOWING CO. v. TOLIN

No. 99-1165.

41 S.W.3d 118 (2001)

APEX TOWING COMPANY, Apex Barge Company, and Apex Oil Company, Petitioners, v. William M. TOLIN, III, Benckenstein & Oxford, L.L.P. and Hebert, Mouledoux & Bland, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided March 1, 2001.

Rehearing Overruled April 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Jude Blackwood, John H. Glover, Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Martin, Houston, for Petitioner.

Sam W. Cruse, Jr., Billy Shepherd, Cruse Scott Henderson & Allen, Houston, George Michael Jamail, Reaud Law Firm, Beaumont, for Respondent.


Justice HANKINSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice ENOCH, Justice BAKER, Justice ABBOTT and Justice O'NEILL joined.

In this cause we reexamine when the statute of limitations in a legal-malpractice case should be tolled. Petitioners sued respondent attorneys for mishandling the defense of a maritime personal-injury lawsuit. The trial court granted the attorneys' motions for summary judgment based on limitations...

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