Puppolo v. Donovan & O'Connor, LLC

¶ 1. Plaintiff, Estate of Eva C. Puppolo, appeals a jury verdict in favor of defendant in this legal malpractice action. Plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in denying a motion to withdraw her counsel, that she was denied a fair trial when the court allowed defendant attorney to testify to the merits of the underlying medical malpractice action, and that the trial court improperly admitted expert testimony that exceeded the scope of the defendant’s expert disclosure. We affirm.

¶2. On February 25, 2003, plaintiffs aunt Eva died from heart failure at the age of eighty-three while a…