Teague v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

12A physician, sued for medical malpractice, in turn sued his defense attorneys for legal malpractice in their handling of his defense and in facilitating his insurer’s settlement of the malpractice case against him without his knowledge or consent. The defense attorneys appealed a judgment for damages against them. This matter comes to us on remand from the supreme court, following its reversal of our original opinion holding that the plaintiffs cause of action for legal malpractice was perempted. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court’s judgment and dismiss the action. We…