IN RE SEGERSTROM

No. 00-10216.

247 F.3d 218 (2001)

In the Matter of: Kayla Segerstrom, Debtor. Robert Yaquinto, Jr. As Trustee for the Estate of Kayla Segerstrom, Appellant, v. Kayla Segerstrom; Employers Fire Insurance Company; Touchstone, Bernays, Johnston, Beall & Smith Limited Liability Partnership, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven K. DeWolf, Todd R. Hixon, Bellinger & DeWolf, Susan Beth Hersh (argued), Dallas, TX, for Appellant.

Cathlynn H. Cannon (argued), Don Gregory Martinson, Fanning, Harper & Martinson, Dallas, TX, for Segerstrom.

Kent M. Adams (argued), Adams & Coffee, Beaumont, TX, Pamela Jean Neale Williams, Adams & Coffee, Irving, TX, for Employers Fire Ins., Co.

Thomas Viggers Murto, III (argued), Edwin E. Wright, III, Stradley & Wright, Dallas, TX, for Touchstone, Bernays, Johnston, Beall & Smith Ltd. Liability Partnership.

Before JOLLY, MAGILL and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Robert Yaquinto, Jr., as trustee of Kayla Segerstrom's Chapter 7 bankruptcy estate, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendants Touchstone, Bernays, Johnston, Beall & Smith L.L.P. and Employers Fire Insurance Company on the estate's legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract claims. Yaquinto also appeals the district court's denial of the estate's motion to compel discovery of certain communications...

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