In Lee v. Rogers Agency, Lee purchased three whole-life insurance policies in the 1980s where each had a face value of $1,000,000. No. 06-15-00037, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 1069 (Tex. App.—Texarkana February 8, 2017, pet. filed). It was represented to Lee that the policies provided that Lee could shorten
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A Party Should Seek Attorney’s Fees in Proceeding Where They Are Incurred
By David Fowler Johnson on
Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals
In Lesikar v. Moon, a trustee personally paid $750,000 in attorney’s fees for a trust in the course of litigation. No. 01-12-00406-CV, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 10041 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] September 4, 2014, no pet.). After that suit was resolved, the trustee filed a second suit to obtain…