COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-15-00219-CV
Steven Charles Russo § From the 211th District Court
§ of Denton County
v.
§ (2010-30194-211)
§ October 13, 2016
Derek A. Adame and Kelly
Goodness, M.D. § Opinion by Justice Gardner
JUDGMENT
This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that
there was error in part of the trial court’s judgment. It is ordered that the
judgment of the trial court is affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.
We affirm that part of the trial court’s judgment granting summary judgment
for Derek A. Adame and Kelly Goodness, M.D. on Steven Charles Russo’s libel
claims. We reverse that part of the trial court’s judgment granting summary
judgment for Derek A. Adame on Steven Charles Russo’s claims for legal
malpractice and for violations of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional
Conduct. We remand the case to the trial court for further proceedings
consistent with the opinion.
It is further ordered that Appellee Derek A. Adame shall pay all of the costs
of this appeal, for which let execution issue.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
By _/s/ Anne Gardner__________________
Justice Anne Gardner