Legal Opinion
Spickler v. York
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 7, 1989PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-Appellee Robert D. Spickler, the purchaser-developer in a substantial land transaction, brought an action against Defendant-Appellant Robert M. York, an attorney, contending that York committed malpractice by negligently failing to reduce to writing certain terms of the real estate purchase agreement. Spickler alleges that York’s malpractice caused Spickler to lose a 300 acre parcel of land in a previous law suit and to suffer substantial financial loss. The Superior Court (Cumberland County, McKinley, J.) entered judgment on a jury verdict for Spickler on the issue of liability.…
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