BECKWITH v. LLEWELLYN

No. 243A89.

391 S.E.2d 189 (1990)

326 N.C. 569

Barbara S. BECKWITH, Executrix of the Estate of Peter Oberdorf Beckwith v. James M. LLEWELLYN, William P. Thompson, Thompson, Paddock & Llewellyn, P.A., Richard A. Vinroot, A. Ward McKeithen and Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Browder, Russell, Morris and Butcher by James W. Morris, III and Ann Adams Webster, Richmond, Va., and James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A. by William K. Diehl, Jr. and John S. Arrowood, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Hewson & Woolard by Harry C. Hewson and Hunter M. Jones, Charlotte, for defendants-appellees.


FRYE, Justice.

This is a civil action for legal malpractice brought by plaintiff against her former attorneys. On appeal plaintiff seeks reversal of summary judgment entered in favor of defendants. The trial judge granted summary judgment in favor of defendants on the grounds that plaintiff's complaint only asserted claims that constituted an attack on the attorney fees which were approved by the court in an earlier order approving the settlement agreement between...

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