KAHLIG v. BOYD

No. 04-97-00935-CV.

980 S.W.2d 685 (1998)

John A. KAHLIG, Appellant, v. Stephen W. BOYD and Law Offices of Boyd & Dietze, P.C., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled September 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis P. Bujnoch, Law Offices of Dennis P. Bujnoch, P.C., Jeffrey D. Small, San Antonio, for appellant.

Todd A. Prins, Thomas H. Crofts, Jr., Ellen B. Mitchell, Crofts, Callaway & Jefferson, P.C., San Antonio, for appellee.

Before LÓPEZ and STONE, JJ., and DUNCAN, J. (concurring in the judgment only).


OPINION

STONE, Justice.

The facts of this case sadly unfold like a classic "bad lawyer joke" and confirm what we as attorneys fear the most: that perceived truths about our profession often expressed in hyperbole can find support in reality.

John Kahlig sued his former-attorney, Stephen Boyd, after learning that Boyd had an affair with Kahlig's wife while Boyd was representing him in a child custody dispute. Kahlig asserted a myriad of claims against...

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