Legal Opinion
Tunsil v. Jackson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 7, 2001No. A01A0489PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikell, Judge.
Merrill C. Tunsil (M. Tunsil), an attorney licensed in Florida, and his brother, Herman R. Tunsil, an attorney licensed in Georgia, represented Carl Jackson and his ex-wife, Lillie Griffin, in an action to recover for the wrongful death of their son, Keith Jackson. Because their action ended in dismissal on the merits and they did not discover the dismissal until a year and a half afterward, Carl Jackson sued the Tunsil brothers and their law firms, alleging legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty. On the first day of trial, both Tunsil brothers stipulated that they had…
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