Brito v. GOMEZ LAW GROUP, LLC
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Phipps, Judge.
Napoleon, Fanny and Carlos Brito appeal the grant of partial summary judgment in favor of The Gomez Law Group, LLC and Debra Gomez (collectively, “Gomez”) on claims for attorney fees and punitive damages in this legal malpractice action. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm in part and reverse in part.
“On appeal of a grant of summary judgment, we conduct a de novo review of the record, construing the evidence and all inferences therefrom in favor of the nonmoving party.” So viewed, the record shows that on July 19, 1996, Napoleon and Fanny Brito and their children Carlos…
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