Legal Opinion
Smith v. Haden
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 23, 1994No. Civ. A. 92-1899 (PLF)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
This is a legal malpractice action that was tried before the Court without a jury over four days. Plaintiff Linda Smith claims that she employed the defendant Mabel Haden, a lawyer, to file a civil action against Javis Odom in Anchorage, Alaska, and that Ms. Haden breached her duty by neither filing suit nor timely referring plaintiff to another attorney to file suit in Alaska prior to the running of the applicable statute of limitations. Ms. Smith alleges that Mr. Odom shot and killed her fiancee, Robert Byrd, in her…
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