Shane Beal and The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company v. Edwin Blinn, Jr.

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant-Defendant, Shane Beal (Beal), 1 appeals the trial court’s, denial of his motion for summary judgment, concluding that a genuine issue of material fact exist as to whether Beal’s representation of Appellee-Plaintiff, Edwin Blinn, Jr. (Blinn), in a federal criminal case constituted legal malpractice.

We affirm.

ISSUES

Beal raises three issues on appeal, which we consolidate and restate as the following two issues:(1) Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it denied Beal’s motion to strike Blinn’s expert evidence; and(2) Whether the…