Robertson v. Jessup

Plaintiffs appeal and defendant Schultz cross-appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiffs damages for legal malpractice. We reverse and remand on the appeal and affirm on the cross-appeal.

Plaintiffs hired Schultz, an attorney, to represent them in a real estate transaction, and he hired Josephine County Title Corporation (title company) as escrow agent for the transaction, which involved simultaneous conveyances. Margaret Stone was to convey a parcel, subject to a trust deed in which she was the beneficiary, to Steven, Sherry and Charles Jessup, who were then to sell a portion of that land to…