ZENITH STAR INS. CO. v. WILKERSON

No. 03-03-00586-CV.

150 S.W.3d 525 (2004)

ZENITH STAR INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Glen WILKERSON and Davis and Wilkerson, P.C., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled April 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Stephen Ravel, Diana L. Nichols, Kelly, Hart & Hallman, P.C., Austin, for appellant.

David P. Boyce, T.B. Wright, Joe R. Greenhill Jr., Wright & Greenhill, PC, Austin, for appellees.

Before Justices KIDD, B.A. SMITH and PEMBERTON.


OPINION

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

This case requires us to consider to what lengths an attorney must go to zealously represent his client and avoid legal-malpractice liability. It involves a claim by Zenith Star Insurance Company (Zenith) that its lawyer, Glen Wilkerson,1 committed legal malpractice in a suit seeking workers' compensation benefits by failing to advance two theories — that venue under the workers'...

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