Legal Opinion
TITSHAW v. GEER
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 22, 2024No. S23G1124PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
320 Ga. 128
FINAL COPY S23G1124. TITSHAW et al. v. GEER et al. COLVIN, Justice. After a bankruptcy proceeding went awry, the plaintiffs in this case filed suit against lawyers and law firms who had advised them to file for bankruptcy. The plaintiffs asserted tort claims for legal malpractice and claims for breach of written contracts for legal services, alleging, among other things, that the lawyers committed legal malpractice in executing their duties under the contracts. The defendants moved to dismiss both sets of claims as barred by OCGA § 9-3-25’s four-year statute of limitation. And…
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