Queen v. Lambert

Ellington, Judge.

Leonard H. Queen appeals from the trial court order denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the jury verdict in favor of Lisa J. Lambert, who sued Queen for fraud. Queen contends the verdict was contradictory, the trial court gave an erroneous jury charge, and the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

Construing the evidence most favorably to Lambert, 1 the record shows that Queen was Lambert’s attorney. Lambert sought his counsel in early 1996 when her mother, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s…