Legal Opinion
Nash v. Studdard
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 25, 2008No. A08A1273, A08A1274PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Presiding Judge.
In these consolidated appeals, we must determine whether the trial court properly granted summary judgment in part, and denied it in part, in this case filed by a client, Robert Nash, against his former attorney, James Studdard. Nash fired Studdard less than two months after retaining him and filed a lawsuit seeking a return of the $5,000 retainer he had paid Studdard. The trial court granted summary judgment in Studdard’s favor on Nash’s claims for negligent misrepresentation, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and punitive damages. Studdard’s motion for summary judgment…
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