VARNADO v. INSURANCE CORP. OF AMERICA

No. 84 CA 1291.

484 So.2d 813 (1986)

Gerald and Jonniece VARNADO v. INSURANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1986.

Writ Denied June 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Bruce Macmurdo, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants Gerald Varnado and Jonniece Varnado.

Donald Zuber, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Insurance Corp. of America and Richard Reina.

Before LOTTINGER, COLE and CRAIN, JJ.


CRAIN, Judge.

This is a legal malpractice case. The plaintiffs, Gerald and Jonniece Varnado appeal from a general jury verdict rendered against them in favor of defendant, Richard Reina, an attorney, and his insurer, Insurance Corporation of America. The plaintiffs allege damages as a result of the failure of Reina to include a mineral rights reservation in an act of sale he prepared.

FACTS

On April 14, 1978, the plaintiffs sold an undeveloped subdivision...

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