ARRINGTON v. LAW FIRM OF AUCOIN

No. 02-CA-642.

832 So.2d 319 (2002)

David M. ARRINGTON and Antonia M. Arrington v. The LAW FIRM OF AUCOIN & COURCELLE, L.L.C., Peyton B. Burkhalter and Denise D. D'Aunoy.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles O. Taylor, Jacqueline G. Griffith, New Orleans, LA, for Davis and Antonia Arrington, Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Gus A. Fritchie, III, Brigid B. Glorioso, New Orleans, LA, for Aucoin & Courcelle, L.L.C., and Peyton B. Burkhalter, Defendants-Appellees.

Panel composed of Judges JAMES L. CANNELLA, MARION F. EDWARDS, and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.


SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

This is a legal malpractice case, in which plaintiffs appeal the granting of summary judgment to the defendants. We affirm.

The case arises from Peyton Burkhalter's representation of David and Antonia Arrington in a redhibition suit in which they were the defendants.1 In August 1997 the Arringtons sold a home to Mickie S. Merlin and Mark L. Merlin. After the sale the Merlins discovered that the roof was...

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