Cline v. Teasdale

EDWIN H. SMITH, Chief Judge.

Mark Cline appeals from the summary judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County for the respondents, Joseph P. Teasdale and the law firm of Teasdale & Lafferty, a general partnership, on the appellant’s amended petition for damages for legal malpractice. In his amended petition, the appellant alleged that Teasdale was negligent in representing him in a probation revocation proceeding, resulting in the revocation of the probation he was serving on a conviction of involuntary manslaughter. Specifically, the appellant alleged that Teasdale was negligent in failing…