Martin v. Chapel, Wilkinson, Riggs, and Abney

OPALA, Justice:

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment. We answer in the affirmative. While this cause must be remanded for further proceedings, the trial court did not err under the facts before it in determining there was no genuine controversy as to the issue of joint venture.

This is an appeal from summary judgment in two legal malpractice actions brought by former clients against a law firm. 1 The conflict between the former clients — Doug Martin [Martin] and Mark Nardyz [Nardyz] [also referred to as Buyers] — -and the law firm…