issue_id,name,cluster,relevance,summary,kassab_position,pohl_position,result,appellate_status,authorities
9,Conversion of Settlement Proceeds,Substantive,Low,Part of original claims. Jury found for Pohl. Subsumed in compensatory damages.,No conversion; fees were properly earned under retainer agreements.,Kassab converted settlement funds that belonged to Pohl’s former clients.,Jury found conversion. Included in compensatory damages.,Under appeal as part of sufficiency challenge.,"Tex. Penal Code § 31.03 (by analogy); Waisath v. Lack’s Stores, 474 S.W.2d 444 (Tex. 1971)."
10,Civil Conspiracy,Substantive,Low,Original claim. Jury found conspiracy between Kassab and co-defendants.,No agreement to engage in unlawful conduct; co-defendants acted independently.,Kassab coordinated with Favre and others to solicit Pohl’s clients through barratrous means.,Jury found civil conspiracy. Joint and several liability with settled co-defendants.,Under appeal. Kassab challenges sufficiency of conspiracy evidence.,"Firestone Steel Prods. Co. v. Barajas, 927 S.W.2d 608 (Tex. 1996)."