Williams v. Joynes

677 S.E.2d 261 (2009)

Leo WILLIAMS

v.

Louis N. JOYNES, II, et al.

Record No. 080751.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 4, 2009.

Joseph J. Perez (Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad & Morecock, on briefs), for appellant.

Matthew A. Ranck (Eccleston and Wolf, on brief), Hanover, Md, for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.

In this legal malpractice action, we consider whether the circuit court erred in granting summary judgment for the defendant attorneys. The circuit court held that the plaintiff's failure to file a personal injury action in a foreign jurisdiction…