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WHITLEY v. CHAMOURIS

Record No. 020338.

574 S.E.2d 251 (2003)

265 Va. 9

Angela D. WHITLEY v. Thomas L. CHAMOURIS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven S. Biss, Richmond, for appellant.

Richard Tyler McGrath (Robert E. Kane, Jr.; William L. Jeffries, Jr.; Kane, Jeffries, Gayle, McGrath & Cooper, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

Opinion by Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether expert testimony is required to establish proximate causation in a legal malpractice action.

Thomas L. Chamouris, Jr., engaged Angela D. Whitley to represent him in an action against his former employer. Whitley filed suit in federal court on Chamouris' behalf alleging racial discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference with contract, and defamation...

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