ST. PIERRE v. WASHOFSKY

No. 11266.

391 So.2d 78 (1980)

Allen J. ST. PIERRE v. Leonard A. WASHOFSKY, Individually and as a Partner in the Law Firm of Jackson & Hess and its Successors in Interest, Hess & Washofsky and his Legal Malpractice Insurer, the XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Remy Fransen, Jr., Wiedemann & Fransen, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Company and Leonard A. Washofsky.

Walter C. Thompson, Jr., Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine & Nathan, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees Appalachian Ins. Co. and Leonard A. Washofsky.

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, for plaintiff-appellant.

Before REDMANN, SCHOTT and GARRISON, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

Plaintiff has appealed from a summary judgment dismissing his malpractice action against his former attorney who represented him in an unsuccessful tort claim. St. Pierre v. General Am. Trnsp. Corp., 360 So.2d 595 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1978).

In his petition plaintiff makes the following allegations: Having been injured in an industrial accident on July 18, 1973, he retained

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