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GILBERT v. PETTIETTE

No. 01-99-00245-CV.

7 S.W.3d 895 (1999)

Roy F. GILBERT, d/b/a consulting economists, Appellant, v. Tom L. PETTIETTE, individually and d/b/a Akins & Pettiette and Marty R. Akins, individually and d/b/a Akins & Pettiette, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston [1st Dist.].

December 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Susan Ingle, M. Susan Ingle, P.C., Houston, for Appellant.

Geoffrey P. Pivateau, Wintroub, Rinden, Sens & McCreary, Austin, Charles B. Kirklin, Kirklin, Boudreaux & Leonard, P.C., Daryl L. Moore, Attorney at Law, Sharon S. McCally, Moore & McCally, P.C., Houston, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices COHEN, NUCHIA, and DUGGAN.

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

This is an appeal of a take-nothing judgment rendered after the trial court granted appellees' motion for directed verdict. We reverse the judgment and remand the case for trial on the issue of attorney's fees.

BACKGROUND

Appellees, Tom L. Pettiette and Marty R. Akins, who are attorneys, hired appellant, Roy F. Gilbert in 1985 as an expert witness in a toxic tort lawsuit. The lawsuit settled in 1987, and a dispute...

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