LAWS v. HAGER

No. 49765.

693 S.W.2d 902 (1985)

Leonard LAWS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donald J. HAGER, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

June 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Laws, plaintiff-appellant, pro se.

Cornelius T. Lane, Jr., St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


KAROHL, Judge.

Plaintiff Leonard Laws brought a civil suit against defendant Donald J. Hager, a public defender who represented Laws in a criminal case, for legal malpractice. Laws attempted to assign "fifty percent (50%) of all legal rights and standing in the law suit" to co-plaintiff, Doyle Williams. The trial court sustained Hager's motion to strike Williams as a plaintiff for lack of standing and tentatively overruled Hager's motion to dismiss the action. The...

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