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MORRIS v. GETSCHER

Nos. 82-1115, 82-1116.

708 F.2d 1306 (1983)

John T. MORRIS, Appellee, v. Edwin A. GETSCHER; Edwin Clarke Getscher, Appellants. John S. Redd, d/b/a Getscher, Redd & Getscher John T. MORRIS, Appellee, v. Edwin A. GETSCHER; Edwin Clarke Getscher, John S. Redd, d/b/a Getscher, Redd & Getscher, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott H. Hughes, Kenneth Sacks, Perkins, Sacks, Hannan & Hughes, Council Bluffs, Iowa, A.J. Falcone, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Edwin Clarke Getscher, Getscher & Getscher, Hamburg, Iowa, for appellants.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and ROSS and FAGG, Circuit Judges.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, Edwin A. Getscher, Edwin Clarke Getscher, and John S. Redd, were sued in federal district court for legal malpractice by appellee, John T. Morris, in connection with their representation of Morris in prior litigation concerning three insurance policy claims. Jurisdiction was based on 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1976) (diversity of citizenship). On August 7, 1981, after a three day trial, a jury returned a verdict against appellants, and...

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