Ammon v. McCloskey
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
This is a complex action for legal malpractice in which the trial court, following trial without jury, found that defense counsel in the underlying, prior action had been negligent by waiving a defense of release. As a result of this negligence, a judgment in the amount of $222,000.60 had been entered against the client. Therefore, the court in the malpractice action returned a verdict in the amount of $222,000.60 in favor of the client’s assignee, who had been the plaintiff in the underlying action. On appeal, after post-trial motions were denied, the lawyer-defendant argues…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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