Independent Stave v. Bell, Richardson Etc.

The plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment entered for the defendants in a legal malpractice action based on the Alabama Legal Services Liability Act, § 6-5-570 et seq., Ala. Code 1975. Independent Stave Company, Inc., retained the defendants to file proof of its claim against the bankrupt estate in In re:David Shelby Lanier, III and Lou Ann Lanier, Debtor, Case No. 89-11485, pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Independent Stave alleged that the defendants negligently failed to file timely proof of its claim and thereby caused Independent…