Legal Opinion
Dixon Ticonderoga Co. v. Estate of O'Connor
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 23, 2001No. 99-6054, 99-6055, 99-6056UnknownCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
These are consolidated appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a two-tiered legal malpractice action governed by New Jersey law. The seeds of this case were sown in the early 1980s when Plaintiff Dixon Ticonderoga Company (Dixon) sold a piece of industrial property to a company named the Dixon Venture (Venture). Defendant William O’Connor — who was affiliated with Defendant Schumann Hanlon & Panepinto (the Schumann firm) — represented Dixon in connection with the sale. Between the time Dixon agreed to sell the property…
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