FRIEND v. BEARD

No. 5790.

567 S.W.2d 79 (1978)

Harlan FRIEND, Appellant, v. John Curtis BEARD, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Evans, Evans & Lee, Beaumont, for appellant.

Wayne Fisher, Fisher, Roch & Gallagher, Houston, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

This appeal is from an order overruling the defendant lawyer's plea of privilege in a malpractice suit against him. In question are the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support findings of negligence and proximate cause. We affirm the trial court's ruling.

Plaintiff John Curtis Beard filed this suit in Harris County against Harlan Friend, the defendant attorney, alleging that plaintiff...

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