Legal Opinion
Hedlund Manufacturing Co. v. Weiser, Stapler & Spivak
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 29, 1988No. 48 E.D. Appeal Docket 1987PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
The issue presented for our consideration by this case is whether a cause of action for negligence and breach of contract with respect to the performance of legal services can be assigned.
In January 1978, Mervin Martin (Martin) engaged the services of appellee, Karl Spivak, to apply for a patent on a manure spreader which Martin had invented and manufactured. Appellee, a seasoned patent attorney, prepared the application in time to file it within one year of the date of *524first sale, as required by statute. 35 U.S.C.A. § 102(b).1 The application was not…
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