Legal Opinion

Bailey v. Martz

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided February 10, 1986No. 4-485A116PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CONOVER, Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Paul A. Bailey (Bailey), appeals the entry of summary judg ment against him in an attorney malpractice action.

We affirm.

ISSUES

This appeal presents the following issues:

1. whether Bailey's decedent was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law,

2. whether the applicable statutes of limitation ran while defendants-appellees Hugo E. Martz (Martz) and David Chides-ter (Chidester) represented Bailey as his attorneys-at-law, and

8. whether the four months remaining to Bailey to obtain other counsel after Martz and Chidester withdrew gave Bailey sufficient…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. HAHN v. MooreIndiana Court of Appeals · 1956
  2. City of Evansville v. BlueIndiana Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Penwell v. Western & Southern Life Ins. Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. Jackson v. SeibAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007
  5. Smith v. DiamondIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Witte v. Mundy Ex Rel. MundyIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Habig v. BruningIndiana Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Lucas v. Dorsey Corp.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. Sanders v. TownsendIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. Creasy v. RuskIndiana Supreme Court · 2000

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