Bowman v. Doherty

How courts have described this case

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

• “The trial court correctly overruled the defendant’s motions for directed verdicts by determining that both a legal and contractual obligation could have been breached.”
• \One being negligently deprived of his freedom suffers an injury which could cause mental distress.\
• Expert testimony is generally required to establish the appropriate standard of care by which professional actions of attorney are measured in malpractice claim because such matter is outside knowledge of the average person.
• physical injury rule does not apply when the injurious conduct is willful or wanton
• '[e]xpert testimony is generally required and may be used to prove the standard of care by which the professional actions of the attorney are measured and whether the attorney deviated from the appropriate standard'

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).