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LILES v. PHILLIPS

No. 2-83-198-CV.

677 S.W.2d 802 (1984)

Mike LILES, Appellant, v. Montie E. PHILLIPS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

October 4, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jearl Walker and Harold D. Hammett, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Bunton, Nolan, Ode & Cooper, and Lucius D. Bunton, Jr., Austin, for appellee.

Before FENDER, C.J., and HUGHES and JOE SPURLOCK, II, JJ.

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

This is a legal malpractice action brought by appellee, Montie E. Phillips, against his former attorney, Mike Liles, appellant herein. From a judgment in favor of appellee for $18,000 actual damages and $6,000 attorney's fees, appellant appeals.

We reverse and render.

Appellee originally retained appellant's law firm to pursue an action in his behalf against the vendor, manufacturers, and the credit company...

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