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WALKER v. HARRIS

No. 2011 CA 0141.

FREDERICK WALKER AND IRMA WALKER, v. JACK PATRICK HARRIS AND DESALVO & HARRIS.

Court of Appeals of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 14, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred B. Shapiro , Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Frederick and Irma Walker.

Gracella Simmons , Collin J. LeBlanc , Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees, Jack Patrick Harris and DeSalvo & Harris.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, KUHN, AND GUIDRY, JJ.

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

GUIDRY, J.

This is an appeal of a judgment dismissing a legal malpractice claim, wherein the trial court found the plaintiffs were equitably estopped from asserting an action for malpractice against their former counsel because they had settled the underlying lawsuit on which the legal malpractice claim was based. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In September 2003, Frederick Walker was involved in an...

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