Legal Opinion
O'CONNELL v. Bean
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 11, 2002No. Record 002900PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE WHITING
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This appeal raises jurisdictional and punitive damage issues.
Marjorie A. O’Connell, an attorney, represented Deborah L. Bean in a divorce suit filed in Virginia. Bean discharged O’Connell as her attorney, obtained other counsel, and later filed this action against O’Connell.
Bean’s four-count motion for judgment alleged professional negligence, actual fraud, constructive fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty. Process was served on the Secretary of the Commonwealth (the Secretary) as statutory agent of O’Connell, a non-resident of Virginia,…
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