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METCALFE v. WATERS

970 S.W.2d 448 (1998)

Billie J. METCALFE, Julia M. Metcalfe, and Johnny D. Metcalfe, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Larry J. WATERS, Defendant, and Charles W. Pruitt, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

June 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Sadler Bailey, C. Philip M. Campbell, Bailey & Clarke, Memphis, for appellants Metcalfe.

Robert C. Rosenbush, Millington, for appellee, Charles W. Pruitt.

Paul E. Lewis, Millington, for defendant, Larry J. Waters.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

We granted this appeal to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the jury's verdict awarding punitive damages in this legal malpractice action. The appeals court held that punitive damages were improper because the defendant's malpractice did not constitute intentional, fraudulent, malicious or reckless conduct and because the defendant's efforts to conceal his actions were not contemporaneous with his...

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