Armor v. Lantz

McGRAW, Justice:

Appellants Carolyn M. Armor and Richard T. Armor, Jr. (“Appellants”), plaintiffs below, appeal the January 19, 1999 and April 19, 1999 orders of the Circuit Court of Wood County, which granted summary judgment with respect to their legal malpractice claim against defendant George E. Lantz (“Lantz”). Lantz was retained by Appellants’ Ohio lawyers for purposes of acting as local counsel in the filing a produets-liability action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The action in which Lantz acted as local counsel was later dismissed as…