Legal Opinion
Eddleman v. Dowd
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 8, 1983No. 45507PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRIST, Judge.
Summary judgment. Lawyer malpractice suit dismissed as premature. We affirm.
Plaintiff, James D. Eddleman, brought this legal malpractice action against his former attorney, Thomas Dowd, on June 19, 1980. He alleged Dowd (a) failed to timely file the underlying lawsuit, and (b) failed to timely acquire jurisdiction over the original tort-feasors because of untimely investigation and preparation in a personal injury action styled James D. Eddleman v. FNR Centennial Corp., et al, City of St. Louis Cause No. 69137-F (hereinafter referred to as the “underlying lawsuit”).
The underlying…
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