Legal Opinion

Costello v. Hardy

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 21, 2004No. 2003-C-1146PublishedCited by 262 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

864 So.2d 129 (2004)

Josephine COSTELLO

v.

Ashton R. HARDY, Bradford D. Carey, Hardy and Carey, L.L.P., and XYZ Insurance Company.

No. 2003-C-1146.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 21, 2004.

Betsy J. Barnes, Richard L. Root, Barnes & Root, for Applicant.

Alayne R. Corcoran, Metairie, James H. Daigle, Jr., Henry L. Klein, New Orleans, Richard T. Simmons, Jr., Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, for Respondent.

WEIMER, Justice.

This litigation originated as a suit alleging legal malpractice. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant attorneys failed to properly draft the will of…

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