Gray v. Weinstein

Opinion

HARPER, J.

The plaintiff, Bennie Gray, Jr., appeals from the summary judgment, rendered by the trial court in favor of the defendants, Burton Weinstein and the law firm of Weinstein, Weiner, Ignal, Napolitano & Shapiro, P.C., in the plaintiffs action for legal malpractice. The plaintiff claims that the court improperly applied the doctrine of collateral estoppel to preclude him from litigating the issue of whether Weinstein’s failure to move to withdraw the plaintiffs plea of nolo contendere in a prior criminal proceeding caused the plaintiff harm. Specifically, the plaintiff argues (1)…