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JOHNSON v. BAKER

No. 57,832

11 Kan. App. 2d 274 (1986)

719 P.2d 752

JOYCE ANN JOHNSON and KELLY ANN JOHNSON, Appellants, v. LYLE P. BAKER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Robert Bell, of C. Robert Bell, P.A., of Wichita, for the appellants.

Vince P. Wheeler and Darrell D. Kellogg, of Kahrs, Nelson, Fanning, Hite & Kellogg, of Wichita, for the appellee.

Before PARKS, P.J., RICHARD A. MEDLEY, District Judge, assigned, and ROBERT L. BISHOP, District Judge, assigned.

MEDLEY, J.:

This is a legal malpractice case. Plaintiffs sought the recovery of damages for both a breach of contract and negligence. They appeal the amount of the damages awarded on the negligence claim and the denial of any recovery for breach of contract.

On February 13, 1981, Joyce Johnson retained the defendant, Lyle Baker, a practicing attorney in Wichita, to represent her in a divorce from her husband, Richard Lee Johnson. Joyce Johnson's primary concern...

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