FORD MOTOR CO. v. STEWART, COX, AND HATCHER

No. 11-0818.

390 S.W.3d 294 (2013)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al., Petitioners, v. STEWART, COX, AND HATCHER, P.C. and Turner & Associates, P.A., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Talbot `Tab' Turner , Jerry M. White , Turner & Associates PA, N. Little Rock, AR, Lauren Beck Harris , Jonna Noel Summers , Porter Hedges LLP, Houston, TX, for I.F.

Craig A. Morgan , Michael W. Eady , Sara M. Berkeley , Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons LLP, Austin, TX, for Ford Motor Co.

John Milutin , Law Offices of John Milutin, Jonathan Mark Little , Warren W. Harris , Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Houston, TX, for Guardian Ad Litem for the Minor, I.F.

C Talbot `Tab' Turner , Jerry M. White , Turner & Associates PA, N. Little Rock, AR, Martin J. Siegel , Law Offices Of Martin J. Siegel, PC, houston, TX, for Stewart, Cox and Hatcher, PC.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal arises from a dispute over the trial court's sua sponte appointment of a guardian ad litem and subsequent fee award to the guardian ad litem in connection with a personal injury settlement between a minor-plaintiff and Ford Motor Company. Because the trial court should have removed the guardian ad litem after it became clear that the next friend did not have interests adverse to the minor, the guardian ad litem's services were no longer necessary...

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