Dover v. Baker, Brown, Sharman & Parker

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

Richard Dover appeals from a summary judgment granted in a legal and accounting malpractice case in favor of the appellees 1) the law firm of Baker, Brown, Sharman & Parker and some attorneys of that firm, Robert C. Walker, Roger C. Jackson and Daniel H. Johnston, Jr.; and 2) the accounting firm of Melton & Melton, CPA’s, and its member, Robert L. Erwin. We affirm.

Dover’s Allegations

In late October of 1985, Dover asked Walker, a partner in Baker Brown, to represent him in an unusual real estate transaction (the “Western deal”). Recognizing the unorthodox nature of the…