Wassall v. DeCaro

OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action alleging legal malpractice, the Populist Party, its Executive Director and National Chairman, Donald P. Wassail, various other Executive Committee Members, and the Populist Observer (“plaintiffs”) sue their former attorney, Jeffrey R. DeCaro, and the two law firms at which DeCaro practiced law while representing plaintiffs (“malpractice defendants”). The district court granted summary judgment for malpractice defendants, interpreting the Pennsylvania Supreme Court case Muhammad v. Strassburger, McKenna, Messer, Shilobod &…