McMahon v. Shea

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This case involves the application of our decision in Muhammad v. Strassburger, McKenna, Messer, Shilobod and Gutnick, 526 Pa. 541, 587 A.2d 1346 (1991), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 867, 112 S.Ct. 196, 116 L.Ed.2d 156 (1991), to a legal malpractice action based upon alleged attorney negligence in the drafting and execution of a property settlement agreement in a domestic relations matter.

Appellee, Robert McMahon, and Janet McMahon, now Janet Marshall, were married in 1976. Three children were born of the marriage. In September, 1986, the…