Preston Wilson v. CNA Ins.

CRAWFORD, Presiding Judge, W.S.

This is a legal malpractice action. Defendant/appellant, Gail Mathes (Mathes), appeals the order of the trial court denying her motion for summary judgment. 1

In the summer of 1992, Blake Weber (Weber) was fired from his job at Jefferson Pilot Insurance allegedly for attempting to hire an African-American woman. In the fall of 1992, Weber hired Mathes to represent him in an action against Jefferson Pilot for retaliatory discharge. Mathes filed an action on behalf of Weber against Jefferson Pilot on August 31, 1993, two weeks after the one-year anniversary date of…