CARDINAL HOLDING CO. v. DEAL

Record No. 990014.

522 S.E.2d 614 (1999)

258 Va. 623

CARDINAL HOLDING COMPANY, et al. v. John F. DEAL, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Smallenberg (Ayers & Stolte, on brief), Richmond, for appellants.

J. Andrew Basham (Charles M. Lollar, Jr.; Heilig, McKenry, Fraim & Lollar, on brief), Norfolk, for appellees John F. Deal, Esquire; Rhonda Cobler-Wells, Esquire; and John F. Deal and Associates.

No brief or argument on behalf of appellees T. Roy Jarrett and Harry W. Jarrett, Co-Executors of the Estate of Alvin Q. Jarrett.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, and KINSER, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.


WHITING, Senior Justice.

This is an appeal of a sanctions award against an attorney and the law firm that employed him. In accord with familiar appellate principles, we will state the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party.

Cardinal Holding Company (Cardinal) and others, filed a legal malpractice action against John F. Deal & Associates, a law partnership, and two of its lawyers, John F...

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