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WEISBURGH v. MAHADY

No. 84-068.

511 A.2d 304 (1986)

Bernard WEISBURGH v. Frank G. MAHADY, Richard I. Burstein, Anthony B. Lamb and Paul, Frank & Collins.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

April 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin H. Amidon, Jr., of Langrock Sperry Parker & Wool, Burlington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Pierson, Affolter & Wadhams, Burlington, for defendant-appellee Mahady.

Jess T. Schwidde, Law Office of George E. Rice, Jr., Montpelier, for defendant-appellee Burstein.

Robert R. McKearin, of Dinse, Erdmann & Clapp, Burlington, for defendants-appellees Lamb & Paul, Frank & Collins, Inc.

Before HILL, PECK, GIBSON and HAYES, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

HAYES, Justice.

This is an attorney malpractice action which arose out of the failure to timely file a suit for defamation. Plaintiff appeals the superior court's grant of summary judgment for defendants. We affirm.

The underlying facts of the defamation action are as follows. While attending a convention of coin collectors in Boston in August, 1973, plaintiff was arrested for receiving stolen property. The property consisted of several hundred metal and wooden...

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