Frist v. Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann

Plaintiff, Evelyn Frist, appeals from the district court’s order granting a motion for a directed verdict for the defendants, a law firm and its individual partners, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence in an action for damages allegedly flowing from defendants’ professional negligence and malpractice. Finding no merit in the claims of error asserted by plaintiff on appeal, we affirm.

The plaintiff alleged that the defendants negligently failed to perfect her appeal to the Supreme Court of South Carolina from a state court order granting her a divorce, but denying an award of alimony. The…