Legal Opinion
Williams v. Bashman
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 12, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-2243PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADJUDICATION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff in this legal malpractice case alleges that she was injured in 1973 when she caught her foot in an uncovered vent pipe on a sidewalk and that shortly thereafter she entered into a contract with the defendant law firm to represent her in a personal injury case against the City of Philadelphia and the owner of the property on whose sidewalk she had fallen. She asserts that the defendant’s negligence in failing to initiate an action against the city and the property owner or otherwise to protect her legal interests precluded her from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Bacsick v. BarnesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Stais v. Sears-Roebuck and Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Stais v. Sears-Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
3Cited by13 opinions
- Fishman v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Duke & Co. v. AndersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Witte v. DesmaraisSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1992
- Smith v. HadenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1994
- Ferencz v. MilieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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