Allen v. Lawrence

Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of his complaint against defendants, who are the attorneys who represented plaintiff in an earlier action for medical malpractice. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

In 1982, plaintiff obtained medical treatment for a spine condition. After discovering that the medical treatment had been negligently performed, plaintiff, acting pro se, filed separate actions against the doctor and the hospital for medical malpractice. After the claim against the hospital was dismissed for failure to state a claim, plaintiff retained defendants to represent him in both of his…