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SLACK v. LUKE

No. 32921-6-III.

370 P.3d 49 (2016)

192 Wash.App. 909

Tammy Wolf SLACK, Appellant, v. Lucinda LUKE, Attorney at Law & Cowan Moore Stam Luke & Peterson, Law Firm, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

March 10, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Mark Goodfriend , Ian Christopher Cairns , Smith Goodfriend PS, Seattle, WA, Raphael Igwens Nwokike , Law Offices of Raphael Nwokike PS, Federal Way, WA, for Appellant.

Stephen Christopher Smith , Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP, Boise, ID, Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick/Tribe, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

¶ 1 The trial court dismissed this legal malpractice action at summary judgment because the plaintiff, Tammy Wolf Slack, did not have an attorney expert to testify that her underlying claim had some merit. Although we disagree with that rationale, we nonetheless conclude that because the underlying legal action would not have survived...

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