STEWART v. COFFMAN

No. 860318-CA.

748 P.2d 579 (1988)

Marlin L. STEWART and Candice Stewart, Husband and Wife, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Aldine J. COFFMAN, Jr., and Penelope Dalton Coffman, Coffman, Coffman and Woods, a professional corporation also known as Coffman and Coffman, Anthony M. Thurber, and Kenneth A. Okazaki, jointly and severally, Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Mortensen (argued), Moab, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Tim Dalton Dunn (argued), Hanson, Dunn, Epperson & Smith, Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent, Penelope Dalton Coffman.

William W. Barrett, Salt Lake City, for Okazaki.

Thomas L. Kay, Salt Lake City, for Thurber.

Stephen J. Hill, Snow, Christensen & Martineau, Salt Lake City, for Utah State Bar Ass'n intervenor.

Robert H. Wilde, Midvale, for Utah Trial Lawyers Ass'n intervenor.

Before JACKSON, ORME and DAVIDSON, JJ.


OPINION

DAVIDSON, Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from the final judgment of dismissal which dismissed defendant Penelope Dalton Coffman (Penelope) from a legal malpractice action brought by plaintiffs against several attorneys including defendants Penelope and Aldine J. Coffman, Jr. (Aldine). We affirm.

At the time the suit was filed, Penelope and Aldine were members of Coffman, Coffman and Woods, a professional corporation. Penelope filed a motion to...

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