Legal Opinion
State & County Mutual Fire Insurance v. Young
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided May 31, 2007No. 1:04-cv-00123PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS
BAILEY, District Judge.
Pending before this Court is a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings filed by defendant William Prentice Young (Doc. 58), in which the defendant asserts that the plaintiff lacks standing to assert a claim for legal malpractice against the defendant due to the absence of an attorney-client relationship between the insurer and the attorney which it retains to represent the interests of the insureds.
I. Statement of Facts and Procedural History
This legal malpractice action arises out of a civil action in…
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