Sibley v. McCord

OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., P.J., M.S., and PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, J., joined.

Plaintiffs, former clients of Keith McCord, Weaver & Troutman, P.C., seek an accounting, recovery of misappropriated funds, if any, and compensatory damages. Plaintiffs hired McCord and his firm to represent them in defense of federal and state tax claims and deposited upwards of $500,000 with the firm to facilitate payment of the disputed claims. The chancellor dismissed the action on summary judgment holding that the plaintiffs’ conversion claim…