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SMITH v. McLAUGHLIN

No. 140500.

769 S.E.2d 7 (2015)

Shevlin SMITH v. Bruce W. McLAUGHLIN.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 26, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank K. Friedman ( Erin B. Ashwell ; David D. Hudgins ; Reese A. Pearson ; Woods Rogers , Roanoke; Hudgins Law Firm, on briefs), for appellant.

Thomas K. Plofchan, Jr. ( Lavanya K. Carrithers ; Westlake Legal Group, on brief), for appellee.

Present: LEMONS, C.J. GOODWYN, MILLETTE, McCLANAHAN, and POWELL, JJ., and RUSSELL and LACY, S.JJ.

In this appeal we consider, among other issues, (1) whether an attorney breaches the duty to a client by failing to correctly anticipate a judicial ruling on an unsettled legal issue, (2) whether collectibility is relevant to a legal malpractice claim when the alleged injury is the loss of an otherwise viable...

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