Bonner v. Lyons, Pipes & Cook, P.C.

C.O.W., Inc., and its owner, Joseph C. Bonner, appeal from a judgment as a matter of law entered in favor of attorney Marion A. Quina, Jr., and the law firm in which he is a partner, Lyons, Pipes & Cook, P.C. (Quina and Lyons, Pipes & Cook are hereinafter referred to collectively as “the legal-service providers”), in the underlying legal-malpractice action. The legal-service providers cross-appeal. We affirm the judgment of the trial court and dismiss the legal-service providers’ cross-appeal as moot.

*1118 Facts

C.O.W. entered into a franchise agreement with Keelboat Concepts, Inc., pursuant to…