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UNITED FIDELITY LIFE INSURANCE v. LAW FIRM OF BEST, SHARP, ETC.

No. 78-1732.

624 F.2d 145 (1980)

UNITED FIDELITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (as Successor to National Educators Life Insurance Company), a Texas Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The LAW FIRM OF BEST, SHARP, THOMAS & GLASS, a partnership composed of Joseph M. Best, Joseph A. Sharp, Jack M. Thomas and Joseph F. Glass, as co-partners, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard K. Berry, Sr., Oklahoma City, Okl. (Howard K. Berry, III, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Deryl Lee Gotcher of Jones, Givens, Brett, Gotcher, Doyle & Bogan, Inc., Tulsa, Okl. (Thomas R. Brett, Tulsa, Okl., with him on brief), for defendants-appellants.

Before HOLLOWAY, McWILLIAMS and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

United Fidelity Life Insurance Company, a Texas corporation, brought a malpractice action against the law firm of Best, Sharp, Thomas and Glass, an Oklahoma partnership. Trial was to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of United in the sum of $20,000. The law firm appeals the judgment entered against it. The background facts must be set out in detail if the controversy is to be understood.

In 1964, the predecessor of United...

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