Legal Opinion
Woodruff v. Tomlin
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1980No. 77-1216PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a claim of legal malpractice arising from the manner in which the defendants handled litigation on behalf of the plaintiffs in the Tennessee state courts. Jurisdiction of the district court was based on diversity of citizenship. The district court severed the plaintiffs’ claims based on alleged conflict of interests in the defendants’ representation of multiple parties. The district court also ordered a bifurcated jury trial, reserving questions of damages until after the jury had determined issues of liability. The case was tried to a jury on the…
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