Legal Opinion

Slaughter v. Rushing

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 28, 1996PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus:

These are unconsolidated pro se appeals from orders which dismissed two separately filed legal malpractice actions sounding in trespass.1 We affirm.

Plaintiffiappellant, Kyrone Slaughter, initiated the civil complaints underlying these appeals in January of 1996. Appellant contends that two attorneys who represented him in a criminal ease provided services so negligent as to amount to malpractice. In February of 1989, appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere to charges of burglary, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen serving a term of eight to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bailey v. TuckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  2. Hill v. ThorneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. Weaver v. MartinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Veneri v. PappanoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Perkovic v. BarrettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Gannaway v. Prime Care Medical, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2015
  2. Lefta Associates v. HurleyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. Williams v. SturmDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. Corliss, J. v. Lee A. Ciccarelli, PCSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2022

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