The firm owned by Houston lawyer Daniel D. Horowitz has filed a breach of contract suit against Colorado plaintiff’s firm Bachus & Schanker, alleging it failed to pay a 40 percent share of a contingency fee from an automobile accident settlement.

The Law Office of Daniel D. Horowitz III is seeking more than $100,000 from Bachus & Schanker in the suit filed on Monday in Texas state district court in Harris County. In The Law Office of Daniel D. Horowitz III v. Bachus & Schanker, the plaintiff is suing for breach of contract; conversion under the Texas Theft Liability Act; and for money it alleges it is due.

Ross Sears