Legal Opinion
Liberty Bank v. Ruder
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 13, 1991No. 1916PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CIRILLO, Judge:
Liberty Savings Bank (“Liberty”) appeals the order entered June 11, 1990, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dismissing without prejudice Liberty’s legal malpractice action against Jay S. Ruder, Esquire, Herbert Bass, Esquire, and Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel (collectively, “Fox”). We reverse.
The procedural history of the case is as follows. On November 30, 1989, Liberty instituted an action against Fox alleging legal malpractice based in tort and breach of contract. Fox filed preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer, in the nature of a motion…
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