In Anderson v. Archer, the trial court’s judgment awarded the plaintiffs $2.5 million in damages based on a tortious interference with inheritance claim. No. 03-13-00790-CV, 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 2165 (Tex. App.—Austin March 2, 2016, pet. granted). The defendants appealed and argued that Texas law does not recognize such
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Beneficiaries Generally Do Not Have Claims Against Attorneys Retained by the Testator for Malpractice
By David Fowler Johnson on
Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals
In Donaldson v. Mincey, an attorney drafted estate documents for a father. No. 05-13-00271-CV, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 13522 (Tex. App.—Dallas December 17, 2014, pet. filed). The attorney later drafted a trust amendment that would have increased distributions from a trust to the father’s children. The father never signed…