Texas' 1st Court of Appeals has breathed new life into a quarter-century old legal battle that began when one Houston lawyer agreed to represent a woman seeking to collect on loans she made to another Houston lawyer. Although Carol Whitsett died in 2002, her $6.5 million legal malpractice suit against her former attorney, William E. Junell Jr., and Junell's former firm, Andrews Kurth, lives on, with the state appeals court ruling that the statute of limitations does not block the continued litigation.
February 14, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The 1st Court of Appeals has breathed new life into a quarter-century old legal battle that began when one Houston lawyer agreed to represent a woman seeking to collect on loans she made to another Houston lawyer.
Although Carol Whitsett died in February 2002, her $6.5 million legal malpractice suit against her former attorney, William E. “Ed” Junell Jr., and Junell’s former firm, Andrews Kurth, lives on.
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