Byrd v. Woodruff

OPINION

ROSENBERG, Justice.

This is a summary judgment case. Kassie Renee Byrd sued Katherine Woodruff and her former and current law firms for legal malpractice. She also sued her guardian ad litem, Jay Downs, and his law firm for breach of his duties as a guardian ad litem. The district court granted Woodruff and Downs summary judgment, without specifying the grounds for its ruling. Kassie asserts that the district court erred by granting summary judgment on any of the grounds raised in Downs’s and Woodruffs motions.

We hold that a guardian ad litem appointed under rule 173 of the rules of…