TACO BELL CORP. v. CRACKEN

Civil Action No. 3:93-CV-1613-D.

939 F.Supp. 528 (1996)

TACO BELL CORP., Plaintiff, v. John R.W. CRACKEN, John Robert William Cracken, P.C., Douglas H. Parks, and Jerome Green, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

September 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester J. Hinshaw and Patricia J. Villareal of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, for plaintiff.

Robert M. Greenberg, and Thomas M. Melsheimer of Lynn Stodghill Melsheimer & Tillotson, L.L.P., Dallas, TX for defendants Cracken and Cracken, P.C.

Douglas H. Parks, Dallas, TX for defendant Parks.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FITZWATER, District Judge.

This is an action to recover against two attorneys, and one attorney's professional corporation, on theories of fraud, abuse of process, conspiracy, and negligent misrepresentation for allegedly-collusive conduct that enabled the plaintiffs in a state-court wrongful death suit to maintain venue in a favorable forum. The court concludes that plaintiff's claims are barred as a matter of law, because...

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