Legal Opinion
Adkins v. Dixon
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 28, 1997No. Record 960327PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE WHITING
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In separate attorney malpractice cases, Jeffrey Scott Adkins, a convicted felon, seeks damages from Thomas W. Dixon, Jr., his former defense counsel, and from Dixon’s employer. By agreement of the parties, the trial court consolidated both cases “for all purposes.”
Adkins’s actions are based on multiple claims arising from Dixon’s alleged negligence and breach of contract in failing to properly defend the felony charges that resulted in Adkins’s convictions. The dispositive issues are (1) whether a court-appointed attorney and his…
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3Cited by52 opinions
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