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JOHNSON v. NELSON

No. 62061.

275 N.W.2d 427 (1979)

LaVerne W. JOHNSON, Appellee, v. Frank B. NELSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Fitzgibbons and Harold W. White of Fitzgibbons Brothers, Estherville, for appellant.

A. Roger Witke, Timothy J. Walker and Ned A. Stockdale of Whitfield, Musgrave, Selvy, Kelly & Eddy, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McCORMICK and McGIVERIN, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Justice.

The question presented is whether a legal malpractice action properly may be brought under § 616.18, The Code, 1977, in the county where an underlying civil suit was dismissed, or whether it must be brought under § 616.17 in the county of residence of the defendant lawyer. Trial court ruled venue may be in the county where the underlying case was dismissed. We affirm.

Defendant Frank B. Nelson, an attorney, represented plaintiff...

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