Cline v. Watkins

I dissent.

As described in the majority opinion in the case at bench plaintiff/appellant Benita Cline (hereinafter Wife) appeals from the trial court’s sustaining defendant/respondent James A. Watkins’ (hereinafter Attorney Watkins) general demurrer to Wife’s first amended complaint for *181alleged legal malpractice. Wife’s claim of malpractice is based on her assertion that Attorney Watkins negligently represented her as plaintiff in a divorce action (Benita Gannon Cline v. Robert Harry Cline, superior court No. SWD 25070) which deprived her of her community share of her husband’s Air Force…