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O'DONNELL v. SMITH

No. 05-0072.

197 S.W.3d 394 (2006)

Thomas O'DONNELL, Executor of the Estate of Corwin D. Denney, Petitioner, v. Paul H. SMITH, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 30, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent L. Marable, III, Brett Wagner, Mark W. Long, Larry J. Doherty, for petitioner.

Casey L. Dobson, Jane M.N. Webre, Paige Arnette Amstutz, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

One of the issues in this legal malpractice case is whether an estate's personal representative can sue the decedent's former attorneys for malpractice they are alleged to have committed in advising the decedent in his capacity as executor of his wife's estate. Citing this Court's decision in Barcelo v. Elliott, 923 S.W.2d 575 (Tex. 1996), and its own holding in Belt v. Oppenheimer, Blend, Harrison & Tate...

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