Toy v. Katz

OPINION

GRANT, Judge.

■ Appellants Louis and Alice Toy (“Toys”) appeal from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees A. Alexander Katz, Esq. (“Katz”) and Harriet Katz, his wife in a legal malpractice action. Katz represented the Toys in the sale of the retail division of their corporation. The trial court ruled the Toys were precluded from suing Katz because his professional negligence damaged only their corporation. The trial court also ruled that, while the corporation was a real party in interest, the Toys’ attempt to name the corporation as a plaintiff did not…