The Fort Worth Court of Appeals recently held that it was error for a trial court to order that an attorney not file a notice of appeal until his client directed him to do so. After trial, Relator’s counsel sought to have appellate counsel substiuted in for any possible appeal. The Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory
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Rule 11 not conclusive evidence of attorney’s authority to settle case
By Byron Henry on
Posted in Opinions & Judgments
The Dallas Court of Appeals has held that a settlement agreement by Rule 11 did not support summary judgment because the client challenged her counsel’s authority to sign the Rule 11. In this case, a plaintiff settled a case by a Rule 11 Agreement. Later, she brought suit against the same party she had settled with…