Computer One, Inc. v. Grisham & Lawless P.A.

OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} A legal malpractice claim against a chent’s former attorneys was barred when the court ruled that, as a compulsory counterclaim, the allegations of legal malpractice had to be filed in response to an attorney charging lien previously filed by those same attorneys. Relying upon Bennett v. Kisluk, 112 N.M. 221, 814 P.2d 89 (1991), we conclude that the client’s malpractice claim was not a compulsory counterclaim and was not barred by res judicata. The Court of Appeals having decided otherwise, we reverse and remand to the district court to proceed with the claim for…