Smith v. Doody

bGOTHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Rose Mary Smith, appeals a decision of the trial court which dismissed her action against defendant on a grant of a defense motion for summary judgment. Mrs. Smith also assigns as error the trial court’s ruling denying her motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

*61This matter began when Mrs. Smith filed a lawsuit in Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans in which she asserts claims of legal malpractice and fraud against her former attorney, Stephen R. Doody. Mrs. Smith’s son, Wilbert Lee Smith, Jr., is also a plaintiff in the action. According to the pro se…