O'NEIL v. VASSEUR

No. 17804.

796 P.2d 134 (1990)

118 Idaho 257

Jerry Bryant O'NEIL, and Jerry Bryant O'Neil, Guardian ad Litem for David Arthur O'Neil, Wendy Kay O'Neil, Laura Beth O'Neil, Sara Louise O'Neil, and Maria Jennifer O'Neil, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas M. VASSEUR, Norman L. Gissel, and Thomas M. Vasseur and Norman L. Gissel, doing business together as "Vasseur & Gissel, Attorneys at Law," Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1990.

Petition for Review Denied August 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry B. O'Neil, plaintiffs-appellants pro se.

Mark S. Prusynski and W. Scott Wigle, Boise, for defendants-respondents.


SMITH, Judge Pro Tem.

In this appeal, Jerry O'Neil challenges the district court's order granting Thomas Vasseur and Norman Gissel's motion for summary judgment in an action involving alleged attorney malpractice. We affirm.

We are asked by O'Neil to address several questions:

1. If an attorney, by willful neglect and in bad faith, delays obtaining a judgment for his client, should the attorney be held liable for his client's damages under a bad faith...

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