Great American E & S Insurance Co. v. Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.

¶ 58. I respectfully dissent. I would affirm the trial court’s judgment, as I agree with the judgment of the trial judge, Frank G. Vollor, which dismissed the case under Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Great American E & S Insurance Company (Great American), the excess carrier, lacks standing herein under the facts of this case to raise the claims asserted against the law firm hired by the primary insurer to defend the insured. The majority correctly provides that legal malpractice may exist without privy of contract, and I find no dispute with that proposition as long as an…