Legal Opinion
Benware v. Means
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 19, 2000No. 99-C-1410PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
752 So.2d 841 (2000)
Victor C. BENWARE
v.
Jesse MEANS, Jr. and Lloyds Underwriters at London.
No. 99-C-1410.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 19, 2000.
James Ronald Clary, Jr., Eric Todd Hebert, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Applicant.
Stephen M. Whitlow, Jesse Lafayette Means, Jr., Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Respondent.
LEMMON, Justice.[*]
This is a legal malpractice action based on the failure of an attorney (Jesse Means, the defendant in the present action) to take any step for five years in the prosecution of an earlier worker's compensation suit he had filed on behalf of his…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rose v. Batson v. Neal Spelce Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Horton v. McCarySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- Barnhill v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Allen v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Boudreaux v. YanceyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
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3Cited by24 opinions
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