ELLIOTT v. HOLLINGSHEAD

No. 11-08-00256-CV.

327 S.W.3d 824 (2010)

Richard ELLIOTT and West Texas Centers for MHMR, Appellants, v. Gregory HOLLINGSHEAD, as Next Friend and Guardian of the Person of Kelcey Hollingshead, Klayton Hollingshead, and Kanyon Hollingshead, Minors, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

October 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Leighton Durham , Kirk L. Pittard , Cheyenne J. Robertson , Durham & Pittard, LLP, Dallas, Kevin D. Jewell , Charles T. Jeremiah , William S. Helfand , Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Houston, Michael James Donovan , Burns, Anderson, Jury & Brenner, L.L.P., Austin, for appellants.

Lance Hall , David C. Hall , The Hall Law Firm, Sweetwater, Stewart W. Forbes , Forbes & Forbes, El Paso, Chuck Shiver, II , David L. Sargent , Hermes Sargent Bates, L.L.P., Mark S. Scudder , Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, Frank E. Billings , Linda S. Thomas , Billings & Solomon, Houston, Robert L. Craig, Jr. , Craig, Terrill, Hale, Grantham, L.L.P., Lubbock, for appellee.

Burt L. Burnett , The Burnett Law Firm, Abilene, for ad litem.

Panel consists of: WRIGHT, C.J., McCALL, J., and STRANGE, J.


OPINION

TERRY McCALL, Justice.

This is a wrongful death and survival action arising from an automobile accident. Appellants, Richard Elliott and West Texas Centers for MHMR (MHMR), appeal from the trial court's judgment allocating settlement proceeds. We reverse the trial court's judgment and remand this cause to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Background

On April 12, 2006, Stacey Hollingshead...

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