Legal Opinion
Watkins Ex Rel. Watkins v. Bailey
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 25, 2012No. 10-5258UnpublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*19SUHRHEINRICH, J, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Regina Watkins, as next friend and parent of Arckasier Watkins, appeals from the order of the district court granting summary judgment to Defendants Sad-ler Bailey, Bailey and Benfield, P.L.L.C., Jack Beam, and Beam and Raymond, P.L.L.C., Watkins’ former lawyers, in this legal malpractice action. The legal malpractice claim is premised on the alleged misdeeds of former counsel in an underlying medical malpractice action Watkins filed on behalf of her daughter. We agree with the district court that the doctrine of judicial estoppel bars this action. We…
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- Wright Ex Rel. Wright v. WrightTennessee Supreme Court · 2011
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