Stevens v. Horton

Plaintiff-appellant, 1 in this legal malpractice action, appeals from judgments in favor of defendants Horton and Koenig, 2 who represented plaintiff in a criminal proceeding, and Babcock, who represented plaintiff both in a post-conviction proceeding, Stevens v. State of Oregon, 322 Or 101, 902 P2d 1137 (1995), and in a prior filing of a malpractice claim against Horton and Koenig. 3 Plaintiff contends, principally, that, given the analysis and result in Stevens, he was entitled to partial summary judgment against Horton and Koenig based on issue preclusion. We conclude that issue preclusion…