SHOEMAKE v. FERRER

No. 60158-0-I.

182 P.3d 992 (2008)

Andrea SHOEMAKE, by and through a guardian ad litem to be appointed, and Keith Shoemake, and their marital community, Appellants, v. R. Douglas P. FERRER and Jane Doe Ferrer, husband and wife, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Reconsideration Denied May 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Gould, Brian J. Waid, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

John Rankin Jr., Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


DWYER, J.

¶ Andrea and Keith Shoemake appeal both the damage award and the attorney fee award in their successful legal malpractice action against attorney Douglas Ferrer. The Shoemakes contend that the trial court erred as a matter of law in calculating their damage award because it credited Ferrer with his contingent fee, even though the Shoemakes had to pay another attorney a separate contingent fee in order to remedy the results of Ferrer's negligence. The...

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