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CITY OF GARLAND v. BOOTH

No. 05-93-00134-CV.

895 S.W.2d 766 (1995)

CITY OF GARLAND, Texas, Appellant, v. Frank R. BOOTH, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad Neighbor, Dorothy G. Palumbo, Charles M. Hinton, Jr., First Asst. City Atty. and Asst. City Atty., The City of Garland, Tex., Garland, for appellant.

Schuyler B. Marshall, Beverly Ray Burlingame, Thompson & Knight, P.C., Dallas, for appellees.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and OVARD and BARBER, JJ.

OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents two basic issues. First, we must decide whether a party can assign its legal malpractice claims to its adversary in the underlying litigation. Second, we must determine whether attorneys' fees expended to disqualify an opponent's attorney are recoverable in a separate malpractice action. The City of Garland appeals a summary judgment rendered in favor of attorneys Frank R. Booth and Bernard D. "Skip" Newsom...

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