Dawson v. Lussier

ROBERTS, Justice.

Attorney Peter T. Dawson sued Paul T. Lussier to collect a legal fee in the amount of $9,120. Lussier counterclaimed, alleging professional malpractice by Dawson in his handling of Lussier’s claims against the seller of property purchased by Lussier. After a jury-waived trial, the Superior Court (Ken-nebec County, Chandler, J.) found in favor of Dawson and filed detailed findings of fact. From the ensuing judgment, Lussier appeals.

In 1987 Lussier purchased property in Albion. Although the farm had been advertised as containing 80 acres of tillable fields and 100 acres of…