Jackson v. Urban, Coolidge, Pennington & Scott

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a malpractice suit. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ case, the trial court instructed a verdict for the defendant. This appeal results.

The plaintiffs employed the defendant law firm to represent them in presenting and collecting a contractual claim against the estate of P. V. Pappas. Mr. Scott discussed the claim with the plaintiffs and checked the inventory filed in the estate of Mr. Pappas. Mr. Scott formed an opinion from his examination of the inventory that there were assets sufficient to justify the filing of the claim to protect his clients’ interest.…