Legal Opinion
Labovitz v. Hopkinson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 13, 1999No. S98G1141PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Chief Justice.
Appellants, an attorney and his former law firm, represented appellee Helen Hopkinson in a divorce proceeding which resulted in the entry of a judgment and decree of divorce on November 4, 1994. On October 30, 1996, appellee, acting pro se, filed a complaint seeking damages for professional malpractice allegedly committed by her attorneys during their representation of her in the divorce proceeding. Appellee alleged that appellants had negligently failed to obtain accurate sworn information related to her estranged husband’s income and financial circumstances;…
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