Ahern v. Turner

SIMON, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff, James P. Ahern, appeals the entry of summary judgment in his legal malpractice action against defendant, Richard L. Turner, an attorney. Other defendants, Hillary H. Hallett, an attorney, Turner and Turner, a legal partnership, and Turner and Hallett, a legal partnership, also were the beneficiaries of the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in the action. However, plaintiff’s appeal concerns Richard L. Turner only.

The underlying action, which forms the basis for the alleged legal malpractice, grew out of an indictment against plaintiff for two counts of…