Averitt v. PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• saying that a cause of action based on an attorney’s alleged failure to perform a professional service is a tort rather than a breach of contract, regardless of whether a written contract providing for professional services exists between the attorney and client
• cause of action based on attorney’s alleged failure to perform professional service is tort rather than breach of contract, regardless of whether written contract providing for professional services exists between attorney and client
• cause of action based on attorney’s alleged failure to perform professional service is tort rather than breach of contract, regardless of whether written contract providing for professional services exists between attorney and client
• cause of action based on attorney‘s alleged failure to perform professional service is tort rather than breach of contract, regardless of whether written contract providing for professional services exists between attorney and client
• “Whether a written contract providing for professional services exists between a professional and his client or not, a cause of action based on the alleged failure to perform a professional service is a tort rather than a breach of contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).