BLANTON v. MORGAN

No. 08-84-00161-CV.

681 S.W.2d 876 (1984)

George BLANTON, D.O., Appellant, v. Melvin MORGAN and Michael Volk, Individually and d/b/a Volk and Morgan, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Grost, El Paso, for appellant.

John A. Langford, Collins, Langford & Pine, El Paso, for appellees.

Before STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, C.J., and OSBORN and SCHULTE, JJ.


OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

In this case, a doctor, who successfully defended a medical malpractice case, seeks to recover damages from the attorneys who filed the suit against him and, according to his pleading, asserted a claim for punitive damages in an effort to extort a settlement. The trial court sustained the special exceptions to the doctor's pleading and dismissed the case for failure to state a cause of action. We affirm.

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