Legal Opinion
Elliott v. Videan
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided June 5, 1990No. 2 CA-CV 89-0111PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FERNANDEZ, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of legal malpractice. The appeal involves the proper measure of damages, and the cross-appeal questions the propriety of the malpractice judgment. We affirm the cross-appeal issues and reverse on the appeal issue.
In 1976 appellant Frank Elliott developed a flexible insulated roof top for mobile homes. He obtained a patent on the process in 1977. Elliott and his wife had retained attorney Dan Morris or his firm in several miscellaneous legal matters, and he sought Morris’s advice about his invention. Morris prepared the paperwork…
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