Toll Brothers, Inc. v. Panitch, Schwarze, Jacobs & Nadel, P.C.

CORSO, J.,

This is a civil action filed by plaintiffs, Toll Brothers, Inc., and TB Proprietary Corp. (plaintiffs or Toll) against defendants, Panitch, Schwarze, Jacobs & Nadel, P.C., and Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and James R. Meyer, Esquire, on May 2, 1997.

Plaintiffs’ amended complaint, which proceeded to trial before the undersigned and a jury, consisted of three counts: count I - Legal malpractice/negligence; count II - Contribution for abuse of process; and count III - Indemnity for abuse of process.

Basically, this action arises from the defendants’ legal representation of…