CROOKHAM v. RILEY

No. 96-1930.

584 N.W.2d 258 (1998)

Carter CROOKHAM, Appellee, v. Peter RILEY and Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Dutton, James R. Hellman, and Carolyn A. Rafferty of Dutton, Braun, Staack, Hellman & Iversen, P.L.C., Waterloo, for appellants.

William G. Nicholson of White & Johnson, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


ANDREASEN, Justice.

Attorney Peter Riley (Peter) and the Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C. (Riley law firm) (collectively Riley) appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict awarding Carter Crookham (Carter) $161,000 in damages for legal malpractice, from the court's order setting aside a judgment entry upon a jury verdict awarding the Riley law firm $86,000 in damages for breach of a contingent fee contract, and from the court's denial of posttrial motions. We affirm...

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