Young v. Williams

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

James Williams retained attorney Henry Young, Jr., to draft a will. The will Young drafted contained no provisions for James Williams’ real property. As a result, when James Williams died, his real property was distributed according to the rules of intestate succession, with his widow, Betsy Williams, receiving a one-third interest in the marital residence, and his children from a previous marriage receiving a two-thirds interest in the residence.

Betsy Williams sued Young and Henry Young, Jr., P.C. (collectively, ‘Young”), for legal malpractice. Young admitted that…