Legal Opinion
Benton v. Boyd & Boyd, PLLC
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided July 6, 2012No. 2010-CA-002058-MRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMBS, Judge:
This is a ease involving a lawsuit for legal malpractice filed by Dr. Nardos Benton against the attorney and the law firm representing her in her divorce action. The Fayette Circuit Court granted summary judgment to attorney Traci Boyd and to the law firm of Boyd & Boyd, PLLC, and dismissed the legal malpractice action. Dr. Benton has appealed that dismissal.
Boyd was one of several attorneys who successively represented Dr. Benton in her contentious divorce from Scott Benton. Before Boyd undertook her representation, Dr. Benton signed an agreement on June 26, 2008, in…
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