Legal Opinion
Gerald Vanderford v. James A. Penix, Jr., Individually Penix and Taylor, Attorneys at Law, Jointly and Severally
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1994No. 94-1504PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
After unsuccessfully suing his landlords for breach of a farm lease, Gerald Vanderford sued his former attorney and the attorney’s firm (collectively, the defendants) for negligence. The jury awarded him $95,000 in damages but the district court 1 vacated the jury award and granted the defendants judgment as a matter of law. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
This legal malpractice action began with a four-year lease of a farm located in Lonoke County, Arkansas. Effective January 1, 1986, Polly Dortch Davis and her husband leased 350 acres (the Bearskin Lake property) of their…
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- Arkansas Kraft v. CottrellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- Sladek v. K Mart Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1992
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