Dunn v. Westbrook
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
David Newbern, Justice.
This is a legal-malpractice case. Drs. Donald L. Dunn and Joe Cloud, the appellants, were partners in a medical practice with Dr. Larry Battles. Attorney Craig Westbrook, the appellee, prepared a partnership agreement for the doctors in 1991 and made revisions to it on July 8, 1993. Dr. Battles sued Drs. Dunn and Cloud after they expelled him from the practice in 1995. Drs. Dunn and Cloud paid Dr. Battles $200,000 to settle the matter and then brought a malpractice action against Mr. Westbrook and his law firm, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard (“Mitchell…
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