Legal Opinion
McDow v. Dixon
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 6, 1976No. 51829PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Stolz, Judge.
The plaintiff and the defendant in this legal malpractice suit were formerly client and attorney, respectively. The plaintiffs claim is predicated on the alleged negligence of the defendant in failing to file an action for damages on the plaintiffs behalf within the statute of limitation.
Although every action grounded in negligence requires proof of a duty which was breached, resulting in injury to the plaintiff, a claim for legal malpractice is sui generis insofar as the plaintiffs proof of damages effectively requires proof that he would have prevailed in the original…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Christy v. SalitermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
- Kohler v. Woollen, Brown & HawkinsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
- Northwestern University v. CrispSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Campbell v. MaganaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
- Cox v. DeJarnetteCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Kituskie v. CorbmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Loretta Klump v. J. David Duffus, Jr., Law Offices of Dixon, Duffus & Doub, a Partnership, and Accident and Injury Referral ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Beeck v. Aquaslide 'N' Dive Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1984
- Power Constructors, Inc. v. Taylor & HintzeAlaska Supreme Court · 1998
- Jourdain v. DineenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
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