WOODRUFF v. TOMLIN

Civ. No. C-74-6.

423 F.Supp. 1284 (1976)

Joan WOODRUFF et al., Plaintiffs, v. Hewitt P. TOMLIN, Jr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Tennessee, E. D.

December 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Herring, Phoenix, Ariz., James F. Schaeffer, D. Franklin Moore, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Leo Bearman, Jr., John J. Thomason, Memphis, Tenn., Victor F. Schneider, Jackson, Tenn., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

BAILEY BROWN, Chief Judge.

This is a legal malpractice case in which damages are sought from the defendant lawyers for losing personal injury cases in a jury trial. Plaintiffs contend that the lawyers were guilty of negligence and other wrongdoing in the investigation, trial and appeal of the cases and that this proximately caused the loss. This court has jurisdiction on the basis of diversity of citizenship. This malpractice case was...

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