legal_theories: 400

509 claims, defenses, counterclaims, and affirmative defenses

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theory_id	filing_id	theory	party	role	basis
400	57	Tort of another / third-party litigation damages — requires innocent party	Kassab	defense	The tort of another theory has never been embraced by the Texas Supreme Court and was flatly rejected by the Houston Court of Appeals. To the extent it applies, it is an equitable doctrine requiring the claimant to be an innocent party; barratry evidence negates Pohl's innocence.