Hillman v. Weatherly

CHANDLER, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Ann Odem Hillman filed a complaint for legal malpractice against attorney William Weatherly on September 4, 2002. Hillman alleged that she was involved in a motor-vehicle accident on September 4, 1996. She alleged that on July 7, 1999, William Weatherly agreed to represent Hillman in a personal-injury action arising from the accident, but he failed to file suit before the running of the applicable statute of limitations. Hillman requested $250,000, representing the amount she would have been entitled to recover in the personal-injury suit but for…