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MUHAMMAD v. STRASSBURGER, ET AL.

526 Pa. 541 (1991)

587 A.2d 1346

Pamela MUHAMMAD, Administratrix of the Estate of Nazir Muhammad and Abdullah Muhammad, Appellees, v. STRASSBURGER, McKENNA, MESSER, SHILOBOD AND GUTNICK, a law partnership; Howard Messer and James Thomas, Jr. Appeal of STRASSBURGER, McKENNA, MESSER, SHILOBOD AND GUTNICK, a law partnership; and Howard Messer.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Schadel, David L. Haber, Murphy, Taylor & Adams, P.C., Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Kenneth W. Behrend, Behrend & Ernsberger, Pittsburgh, for Pamela Muhammad.

Robert W. Beckwith, S. James Goldman, Pittsburgh, for James Thomas, Jr.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.*

We granted allocatur to determine whether the appellees' claim of legal malpractice stemming from their dissatisfaction with the settlement of their prior medical malpractice action is barred by the doctrine of collateral estoppel and whether, as a matter of law, the appellees have alleged sufficient facts to entitle them to proceed with their action. For the reasons set forth herein, we...

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