Legal Opinion
Logan v. Winstead
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 2000No. E1999-01056-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, C.J., ADOLPHO A. BIRCH Jr., JANICE M. HOLDER & WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ. joined.
This appeal arises from a prisoner’s pro se action for legal malpractice against the attorney who represented him in criminal court on the charges underlying his sentence. The attorney filed a motion for summary judgment supported by an expert affidavit. The prisoner, relying upon Whisnant v. Byrd, 525 S.W.2d 152 (Tenn.1975), filed a motion to hold the proceedings in abeyance until he was released from prison and able to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sanjines v. Ortwein and Associates, PCTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
- Whisnant v. ByrdTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- Smith v. PeeblesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
3Cited by28 opinions
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