HELMICH v. KENNEDY

No. 85-8589 Non-Argument Calendar.

796 F.2d 1441 (1986)

Bruce L. HELMICH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Reid W. KENNEDY and Kennedy and Kennedy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce L. Helmich, pro se.

A. Timothy Jones, T. Ryan Mock, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


CORRECTED OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In this legal malpractice case, the principal issue is whether a brief in another case, signed by a member of the Georgia bar, is a sufficient substitute for an affidavit by an expert, generally required to create an issue of fact as to the skill of the defendant attorney's conduct. We hold that the district court correctly granted summary judgment for the defendant in the face of such argument.

Following his conviction...

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