Legal Opinion
Prande v. Bell
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 3, 1995No. 1725PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALPERT, Judge.
In this case of first impression, we are asked to decide whether an attorney may be held liable for malpractice because of allegedly inadequate settlements of personal injury claims.
On September 21, 1993, Luisa Prande, appellant, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, alleging legal malpractice against John T. Bell and Elbert R. Shore, appellees. The alleged malpractice arose out of two personal injury lawsuits in which appellees had represented appellant as her attorneys. Appellees filed a general denial answer, raising several affirmative defenses.
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