Tate v. Goins, Underkofler, Crawford & Langdon

OPINION ON REHEARING

Opinion by

Justice JAMES.

This Court granted appellant Stacy Tate’s motion for rehearing and heard oral argument. Having withdrawn our previous opinion of August 31, 1998, we substitute this opinion in its place.

In this case we must decide whether the trial court properly granted summary judgment for appellees, Goins, Underko-fler, Crawford & Langdon, John J. Sheedy and Richard E. Schellhammer (collectively “Goins”), on Tate’s legal malpractice cause of action. We conclude, based on the facts of this case, that although the assignment of the legal malpractice claim by Tate…