Legal Opinion
Cardinal Holding Co. v. Deal
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 5, 1999No. Record 990014PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE WHITING
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal of a sanctions award against an attorney and the law firm that employed him. In accord with familiar appellate principles, we will state the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party.
Cardinal Holding Company (Cardinal) and others, filed a legal malpractice action against John F. Deal & Associates, a law partnership, and two of its lawyers, John F. Deal and Rhonda Cobler-Wells (collectively, Deal). The plaintiffs sought damages in excess of 24 million dollars for Deal’s acts of alleged legal…
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