Hazel & Thomas, P.C. v. Yavari

SENIOR JUSTICE WHITING

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal in an attorney malpractice action, the dispositive issue is whether the client proved that the attorneys’ negligence was a proximate cause of the client’s loss. Therefore, we recite only those facts relevant to this issue, and, in accordance with familiar appellate principles, we state those facts in the light most favorable to the client, the prevailing party in the trial court.

In February 1990, Shahram Yavari asked Daniel H. Shaner, an attorney with the law firm of Hazel & Thomas, P.C. (Hazel & Thomas), to represent him…