Hendrix v. Daugherty

I

In this appeal of a judgment in a legal malpractice action, we consider whether the original and amended motions for judgment contain allegations of proximate causation sufficient to state a cause of action.

The plaintiffs, Thomas E. Hendrix and Mattie D. (Hendrix) Forbes, filed a motion for judgment against their former attorneys, Guy E. Daugherty, Thomas J. Gallo, and the law firm of Howell, Daugherty, Brown & Lawrence. The plaintiffs alleged in their motion for judgment that the defendant attorneys negligently prosecuted a tort action on behalf of the plaintiffs.

The defendant attorneys had…