HICKEY v. BURNETT

No. 84-282.

707 P.2d 741 (1985)

Birdie HICKEY, individually and as guardian and next friend of Derek Hickey, Ted Hickey, and Travis Hickey, minors; and Ted Hickey and Connie Hickey, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. Warren BURNETT; and Burnett & Ahders, Associated, a Texas association, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Sullivan, Cheyenne, for appellants.

Harley J. McKinney, Rock Springs, and Anthony A. Johnson of Rector, Retherford, Mullen & Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo., for appellees; oral argument by Johnson.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and ROSE, ROONEY, BROWN and CARDINE, JJ.


CARDINE, Justice.

This action, commenced July 31, 1981, against a Texas lawyer and his professional association, alleged that they were guilty of legal malpractice in their representation of appellants in a lawsuit which had been dismissed three months earlier by the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. In addition to the claim of negligence, a second claim was made that the wrongful acts of appellees resulted in damage to appellants from the...

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