San Antonio’s Fourth Court of Appeals has upheld sanctions against several South Texas attorneys for acting “intentionally and unethically” in attempting to avoid the jurisdiction of a Laredo state district court by filing an identical pleading in another jurisdiction where they eventually settled their case.

The dispute centers on a wrongful death action involving Samuel Morales Castillo, who was killed allegedly in a roadside accident caused by an FE Express truck driver.

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