Legal Opinion
McClung v. Smith
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 20, 1994No. Civ. A. 3:93cv549PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PAYNE, District Judge.
Constance A. McClung instituted this action against William Massie Smith, Jr. and Paxson, Smith, Gilliam & Scott, P.C., the law firm in which he was a partner, to recover damages that McClung claims to have sustained as the consequence of legal malpractice. The case was tried to the court, sitting without a jury, and was submitted for decision following briefing and argument.
THE GENERAL BACKGROUND
On October 26, 1976, McClung married John Lowe, a lawyer then engaged in the general practice of law in Charlottesville. 1 It was the second marriage for each…
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