Jones v. Dere

By Judge Randall G. Johnson

This case involves a claim of professional malpractice against a lawyer and his firm. It is presently before the court on the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment.

Mansfield Jones, who is the plaintiff in the present suit, and Joseph W. Poindexter were partners in a business known as Louisa Solid Waste Service. In 1985, Jones and Poindexter entered into a “buy-sell” agreement, the purpose of which, according to specific language in the agreement, was to “provide the funds necessary to cany out [the] purchase of [a] deceased partner’s interest by the surviving…