Supreme Court of Texas

A judgment and awards pursuant to a jury verdict finding petitioner breached its contract with respondent when it failed to create a joint account with the right of survivorship in the name of her and her father are affirmed in part but reversed in part as to an award of attorney's fees where plaintiff was required to segregate attorney's fees between her breach of contract and tort causes of action.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/22/2007
• Decided 09/28/2007
• Published 09/28/2007

Judges

• Justice WAINWRIGHT delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert B. Gilbreath, Hawkins, Parnell & Thackston, LLP, Dallas, Brandy M. Wingate, Attorney At Law, Mission, Steven L. Hughes, Darryl Scott Vereen, Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi, Paxson & Galatzan, El Paso, C. Rodney Acker, Jenkins & Gilchrist, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Angela M. Nickey, Paul Bracken, Ruben S. Robles, Robles Bracken Coffman & Hughes, El Paso, TX, for Respondent.