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UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW COMMITTEE v. NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO.

No. 04-04-00184-CV.

155 S.W.3d 590 (2004)

UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW COMMITTEE, Appellant, v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Sean Martinez, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled January 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leland C. De La Garza, De La Garza & Wallace, P.C., James D. Blume, Blume & Stoddard, Dallas, for appellant.

James W. Walker and Katherine A. Moore, Melanie H. Sumrow, Walker Sewell LLP, Dallas, for appellees.

Sitting: ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Chief Justice, CATHERINE STONE, Justice, SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

OPINION

Opinion by CATHERINE STONE, Justice.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company's use of company staff attorneys to defend insureds under liability policies is the unauthorized practice of law by the insurer. After the trial court resolved this issue in favor of Nationwide, the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee filed this appeal, claiming the trial court erred by: (1) denying its plea to the jurisdiction...

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