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WEATHERLY v. FONSECA & ASSOCIATES, LLC

No. 10-238.

48 So.3d 391 (2010)

Josie Stokes WEATHERLY v. FONSECA & ASSOCIATES, LLC, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 6, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stan Gauthier, II , Nichole Laborde Romero , Attorneys at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Josie Stokes Weatherly.

Nancy A. Richeaux , Sharon B. Kyle , A.P.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Manuel Builders, L.L.C.

Sera Hearn Russell, III , Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Manuel Builders, L.L.C.

Wayne Allen Shullaw , Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Montagnet & Domingue.

James H. Gibson , David J. Ayo , Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Fonseca & Associates, L.L.C., R.J. Fonseca, Jr., Standard Title, L.L.C., Mitchell R. Landry, Continental Casualty Company.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, OSWALD A. DECUIR, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.

DECUIR, Judge.

In this legal malpractice suit, the plaintiff/appellant challenges the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of her title attorneys.

FACTS

Josie Stokes Weatherly (Weatherly) contracted with Manuel Builders, LLC (Manuel) for the construction of a home on her land. She paid the law firm of Fonseca & Associates, L.L.C. (Fonseca) to handle a loan closing with Bank of Abbeville and Trust Company. The loan closed on May 29...

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