Wright v. Parks

OPINION

BUETTNER, Judge:

Appellant James Wright (Wright) employed Appellee Michael Parks (Parks), then a partner in the Stipe Law Firm (firm), to file suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Parks filed suit in federal district court in Muskogee. After Parks dismissed the suit and later refiled it, the case was dismissed by the court because the statute of limitations had run. Wright then filed suit against Parks and the firm in Muskogee County district court, alleging legal malpractice.

Parks and the other partners named in the suit filed motions to dismiss alleging…