Weatherly v. FONSECA & ASSOCIATES, LLC

DECUIR, Judge.

hln this legal malpractice suit, the plain-tifi/appellant challenges the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of her title attorneys.

FACTS

Josie Stokes Weatherly (Weatherly) contracted with Manuel Builders, LLC (Manuel) for the construction of a home on her land. She paid the law firm of Fonseca & Associates, L.L.C. (Fonseca) to handle a loan closing with Bank of Abbeville and Trust Company. The loan closed on May 29, 2007. Fonseca did not provide a copy of the title opinion to Weatherly at that time.

In August 2007, Manuel notified Weath-erly that there was a pipeline…