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BETHEL v. QUILLING, SELANDER, LOWNDS

No. 18-0595.

595 S.W.3d 651 (2020)

Cherlyn BETHEL, Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Ronald J. Bethel, Deceased, Petitioner, v. QUILLING, SELANDER, LOWNDS, WINSLETT & MOSER, P.C., and James H. Moody, III, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: February 21, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Davis , Office of the Attorney General, Assistant Solicitor General, Kyle D. Hawkins , Office of the Attorney General, Solicitor General, P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059), Jeffrey C. Mateer , Texas Attorney General's Office, First Asst. Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station, Kyle Highful , Office of the Attorney General, PO Box 12548, Warren Kenneth Paxton , Office of Attorney General, 209 W. 14th St., Austin TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Andrew G. Counts , Stewart D. Matthews , E. Todd Tracy , The Tracy Firm, 4701 Bengal Street, Frederick Leighton Durham III , Kelly, Durham & Pittard LLP, Jessica A. Foster , Thad D. Spalding , Durham, Pittard & Spalding, L.L.P., P.O. Box 224626, Morgan A. McPheeters , McPheeters Law, PLLC, 4447 N. Central Expy., Suite 101, Box #158, Dallas TX, for Petitioner.

Marcie L. Schout , Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Winslett & Moser, P.C., 2001 Bryan Street, Suite 1800, Dallas TX 75201, for Respondent.

This case presents two issues: first, whether an affirmative defense may be the basis of a Rule 91a motion to dismiss; and second, whether the alleged destruction of evidence is an action "taken in connection with representing a client in litigation," thus entitling the respondent attorneys to attorney...

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