Legal Opinion

Day Advertising Inc. v. DeVries & Associates, P.C.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 27, 2007No. WD 66586PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Appellant Day Advertising, Inc. 1 appeals a judgment for the defense in its legal malpractice suit against Respondents DeV-ries & Assoc., P.C., F. Coulter DeVries, and Daniel R. Jones. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Appellant hired Respondents to represent it in litigation against a former employee arising from the employee’s alleged violation of a non-compete clause in his employment contract. After filing various lawsuits, Respondents negotiated a settlement of all claims between Appellant and the former employee. Appellant perceived…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Faught Ex Rel. Faught v. WashamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
  2. Klemme v. BestSupreme Court of Missouri · 1997
  3. Tune v. Synergy Gas Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1994
  4. Hancock v. ShookSupreme Court of Missouri · 2003
  5. Douglass v. SafireSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  4. Tracy L. Reed v. The Kansas City Missouri School DistrictMissouri Court of Appeals · 2016
  5. Harris v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 2008

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