WINTERGREEN PARTNERS, INC. v. McGUIREWOODS

Record No. 091378.

698 S.E.2d 913 (2010)

WINTERGREEN PARTNERS, INC., d/b/a Wintergreen Resort v. McGUIREWOODS, LLP.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr. ( Barrett E. Pope , Richmond; J. Buckley Warden IV ; Patrick M. Regan , Washington, DC; Amy S. Gurgle ; DurretteBradshaw; Regan Zambri & Long, on briefs), for appellant.

James W. Morris III ( Michael R. Ward ; Sandra S. Gregor ; Melissa Y. York , Richmond; Morris & Morris, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KOONTZ, KINSER, GOODWYN, MILLETTE, and MIMS, JJ., and CARRICO and LACY, S.JJ.


OPINION BY Justice S. BERNARD GOODWYN.

In this appeal concerning a legal malpractice action, we consider whether the circuit court erred in ruling that the client could not prove, as a matter of law, that the judgment against it would have been reversed if a timely appeal had been filed.

Background

At the conclusion of a jury trial, the Circuit Court of Albemarle County entered an $8.3 million judgment against Wintergreen Partners, Inc. (Wintergreen...

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