Heath v. Craighill, Rendleman, Ingle & Blythe, P.A.

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages from a law firm based on allegations that a former member of the law firm wrongfully converted investment funds given by plaintiff to the former member of the firm. The trial court granted the law firm’s motion for directed verdict as to three of plaintiff’s four theories of liability and granted the law firm’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the fourth. We affirm.

This lawsuit has its origins in the relationship between plaintiff M. Lee Heath, Jr., and Francis 0. Clarkson, Jr., formerly a lawyer and member of…