Tennen v. Lane

OPINION

BIRDSALL, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a directed verdict against the plaintiff, Harriet Tennen, in a legal malpractice claim against the defendant, Robert L. Lane, an attorney practicing in Phoenix. The verdict was directed because the trial court found, as a matter of law, that no evidence showed that the malpractice, if any, was a proximate cause of any damage to the plaintiff. The obvious issue on appeal is whether this finding was error. We reverse.

The facts giving rise to the appellant’s claim, viewed in the most favorable manner to her, follow. The appellant was married…