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CAN DO, INC. v. MANIER, HEROD

922 S.W.2d 865 (1996)

CAN DO, INC. PENSION AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND SUCCESSOR PLANS, Individually and as a Trustee for George W. Holder, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MANIER, HEROD, HOLLABAUGH & SMITH, a Professional Corporation, C. Kinian Cosner, Jr., and H. Rowan Leathers, III, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

May 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Trentham, Mark Tyler Seitz, Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt, Nashville, for Appellants.

Alfred H. Knight, Willis & Knight, Nashville, for Appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

This case presents a question of first impression in Tennessee: whether or not a legal malpractice claim is assignable. We have determined that sound public policy reasons militate against allowing assignment of legal malpractice actions. We, therefore, reverse the Court of Appeals and dismiss the complaint.

BACKGROUND

This appeal arises from the trial court's grant of the defendant law firm's motion...

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