Ross v. Edwards
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Presiding Judge.
Alveno Ross, as executor of the estate of Alphonso Ross, and other plaintiffs brought an action claiming a local landfill constituted a nuisance. After a jury rendered a verdict in favor of the landfill defendants finding no nuisance and awarding no damages, Ross and the other losing plaintiffs (collectively referred to as Ross) brought the present legal malpractice action against Lonzy Edwards, the attorney who represented them in the nuisance action. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Edwards concluding Ross failed to show that any alleged failure…
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