SCHIBEL v. EYMANN

No. 93214-0.

399 P.3d 1129 (2017)

James SCHIBEL, an individual, and Patti Schibel, an individual; and the marital community thereof, Respondents, v. Richard EYMANN, an individual; Eymann Allison Hunter Jones, PS, a Washington professional services corporation; Michael Withey, an individual; Law Offices of Michael Withey, PLLC, a Washington professional limited liability company, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed August 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. King , Markus William Louvier , Evans, Craven & Lackie, P.S., 818 W. Riverside Ave., Ste. 250, Spokane, WA, 99201-0994, Jeffrey T. Kestle , Forsberg and Umlauf PS, Roy Andrew Umlauf , 901 5th Ave., Ste. 1400, Seattle, WA, 98164-2047, for Petitioners.

Steven Erik Turner , Steven Turner Law PLLC, 1409 Franklin St., Ste. 216, Vancouver, WA, 98660-2826, for Respondent.


¶ 1 In this case, former clients are suing their attorneys for legal malpractice based, in part, on the attorneys' withdrawal from a prior case. But the attorneys obtained that withdrawal by court order. In the original case, the former clients appealed the court's order approving withdrawal, and that appeal was rejected. The attorneys...

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