LIU v. ALLEN

No. 03-CV-263.

894 A.2d 453 (2006)

Shi Mui LIU and Tung Hoi Wong, Appellants, v. Susan Au ALLEN, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 16, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic W. Schwartz, Jr., for appellants.

Dennis J. Quinn, Washington, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

This appeal from a defense verdict in a legal malpractice action turns on whether the attorney was negligent as a matter of law. We hold not. Accordingly, the jury's decision stands.

I.

Susan Au Allen is an attorney who practices in the field of immigration law. In 1989, Allen was engaged to obtain immigrant status for Shi Mui Liu based on the offer of a job for her as a seamstress at The Marine Shop, a military uniform...

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