Snyder-Falkinham v. Stockburger

In this dispute spawned from pending civil litigation, the questions on appeal are whether the trial court erred in ruling that the plaintiff agreed to a settlement of the underlying action and whether the trial court erred in holding that the plaintiffs trial attorneys had the authority to have the action dismissed with prejudice.

In November 1991, appellant Georgia Anne Snyder-Falkinham filed the underlying suit, a legal malpractice action, against appellees Bruce C. Stockburger, an attorney at law; Gentry, Locke, Rakes and Moore, a Roanoke law firm in which Stockburger was a partner; and…