Legal Opinion

Tante v. Herring

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 31, 1994No. S94G0476PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hunt, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Tante v. Herring, 211 Ga. App. 322 (439 SE2d 5) (1993) to determine whether the Court of Appeals was correct in upholding Laura and Bobby Herring’s claims against their former attorney, Thomas Edward Tante IV. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The Herrings retained Tante to pursue a claim for social security disability benefits for Mrs. Herring before the Social Security Administration. During his representation of Mrs. Herring, Tante appeared with her at a hearing before an administrative law judge and wrote a letter…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Housing Auth. of Savannah v. GreeneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  2. Lutz v. ForanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. Davis v. FindleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  4. Summerlin v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  5. Long v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985

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3Cited by54 opinions

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