Legal Opinion
Lightfoot v. MacDonald
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 8, 1976No. 43838PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRosellini, J.
According to the allegations of the complaint in this action, the appellant employed the respondent to defend her against the threatened foreclosure of a mortgage on an apartment house which she owned. She alleged that the respondent failed to take any steps in her defense or to advise her of her rights and that as a result the mortgage was foreclosed and the mortgagee purchased the property for the amount of the outstanding indebtedness. This failure, she alleged, caused the loss of her home and other rental units valued at over $50,000. She alleged that the acts of the respondent were…
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