Legal Opinion
Berk v. Sherman
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 5, 1996No. 94-CV-423PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Associate Judge:
In this legal malpractice action stemming from representation of a partnership formed to sell real property, Anton Berk (“Berk”), one of the two partners, seeks reversal of the grant of summary judgment in favor of the attorneys who represented the partnership, Gerald H. Sherman and Jane M. Eldredge (“partnership counsel”). Berk contends that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment first because under the Maryland Uniform Partnership Act (“UPA”),1 the partnership, although “dissolved” had never “wound-up” its business, and thus he had standing to bring suit on…
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