HENDRIX v. DAUGHERTY

Record No. 941063.

457 S.E.2d 71 (1995)

Thomas E. HENDRIX, et al. v. Guy E. DAUGHERTY, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Lytle, Hampton (Kenneth F. Hardt, Hardt & Kelly, Richmond, on brief), for appellants.

J. Gray Lawrence, Jr., Norfolk (Guy E. Daugherty, R. Barrow Blackwell, Ann Mayhew Golski, Howell, Daugherty, Brown & Lawrence, Kaufman & Canoles, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

I.

In this appeal of a judgment in a legal malpractice action, we consider whether the original and amended motions for judgment contain allegations of proximate causation sufficient to state a cause of action.

The plaintiffs, Thomas E. Hendrix and Mattie D. (Hendrix) Forbes, filed a motion for judgment against their former attorneys, Guy E. Daugherty, Thomas J. Gallo, and the law firm of Howell, Daugherty, Brown &

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