Carrillo v. Coors

OPINION

BOSSON, Judge.

This legal malpractice case arises out of a frustrated property settlement following a divorce. Plaintiff’s ex-husband defaulted on an unsecured promissory note representing most of her half of the community estate, and Plaintiff was unable to recover the balance. Plaintiff then sued her attorney for failure to protect her from the consequences of default. After a bench trial, the trial court found the attorney was negligent, but concluded that the lack of any proven proximate cause between the attorney’s negligence and Plaintiffs damages precluded liability. We address…