Legal Opinion
Jourdain v. Dineen
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 9, 1987PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOLNIK, Justice.
James M. Dineen (Dineen) appeals from a judgment entered by the Superior Court, York County, upon a jury verdict finding that Dineen committed legal malpractice and was guilty of fraud during the course of his representation of the Jourdains in an underlying negligence action. 1 Dineen ar gues that the Superior Court erred by failing to require the plaintiffs to prove the ultimate collectibility against the original tortfeasor of any judgment they would have obtained in the underlying negligence action, by permitting an award of damages for fraud without proof of pecuniary…
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