Legal Opinion
Davis v. Butler
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 15, 1999No. A99A1674, A99A1675PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
This abusive litigation action arose from an underlying legal malpractice action by James R McDonnell against Dock H. Davis, his former lawyer, which former action was based upon Davis’ representation in the estate of Roy Allison Jones, McDonnell’s father and a deceased Louisiana citizen. On October 16, 1992, Larry Kent Butler, Frank R. Seigel, and John J. Lindsay, as members of the law firm of Cofer, Beauchamp & Butler, filed the legal malpractice action on behalf of McDonnell against Davis in Fulton Superior Court in Civil Action No. E-7406. As a professional malpractice…
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