Legal Opinion
Wooddy v. Mudd
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 13, 1970No. [No. 389, September Term, 1969.]PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The appellant, Louise Rossiter Wooddy, sued her former attorney alleging “breach of professional ethics, malpractice, negligence, [and] conflict of interest”. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the attorney, F. DeSales Mudd, the appellee.
Mrs. Wooddy in her appeal raises a number of questions which we shall not be obliged to answer for in Rippon v. Mercantile-Safe Dep., 213 Md. 215, 131 A. 2d 695 (1957), Judge (later Chief Judge) Prescott said for this Court:
“[T]his Court has frequently held that in the interest of the orderly administration of justice and to avoid useless expense to…
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