WALDEN v. HOKE

No. 21277.

429 S.E.2d 504 (1993)

189 W.Va. 222

Mildred WALDEN, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Jay M. HOKE and Fredrick G. Staker, III, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided April 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Robb, Charleston, for appellant.

Stephen R. Crislip, Pamela L. Wray, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, for appellees.


BROTHERTON, Justice:

This case involves a petition for appeal by Mildred Walden from the May 6, 1992, summary judgment order of the Circuit Court of Cabell County. She seeks damages from attorneys Jay Hoke and Fredrick Staker, III, for professional negligence, negligent conflict of interest, breach of fiduciary duties, and breach of contract.

On August 1, 1989, Mildred Walden retained Jay Hoke, an associate in the law office of Hankins & Taylor, to represent...

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