Zweifel v. Zenge

KENNEDY, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs Merle Zweifel and his wife, Marilyn Zweifel, appeal from an adverse judgment in their suit against attorneys Dennis Smith and the estate of J. Andy Zenge, Jr., deceased, seeking damages for legal malpractice. The trial court directed a verdict for defendants at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence.

The background facts are as follows: Plaintiff Merle Zweifel was charged with second degree murder in the 1976 death of school superintendent Carson Erwin, which occurred in the following circumstances: Zweifel’s son had absented himself from school and Erwin had…