Bish (Travis) v. Justice Ct. For Sparks Twp.

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• holding that plaintiff must produce expert testimony that breach of professional standard of care occurred and that breach was proximate cause of injuries suffered by plaintiff
• requiring expert testimony that breach of professional standard of care occurred and that breach was proximate cause of injuries suffered by plaintiff to establish legal malpractice
• plaintiff in legal malpractice action must prove, inter alia, attorney’s breach was the proximate cause of the injuries suffered by the plaintiff
• “[w]e see no basis for distinguishing between actions for legal malpractice and other claims sounding in negligence”
• General Statutes § 52-572h applies to legal malpractice claims sounding in negligence
• jury could find that defendant attorneys proximately caused losses incurred by clients in sale of company by failing to perform due diligence investigation of purchasers; criminal acts of company’s purchasers not intervening cause as matter of law

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