Kessler v. Gillis

On Application for Rehearing

CRAWLEY, Judge.

The opinion of this court issued June 11, 2004, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.

James Kessler appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court from a summary judgment entered in favor of James R. Gillis, an attorney, in a legal-malpractice action brought pursuant to the Alabama Legal Services Liability Act (“ALSLA”), § 6-5-570 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. The supreme court transferred the appeal to this court pursuant to § 12-2-7(6), Ala.Code 1975.

In February 1999, Kessler and Saulter Development Corporation sued Kessler’s brother and several…