Calhoun v. Rane

How courts have described this case

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

• finding a claim for breach of fiduciary duty to be duplicative of a claim for legal malpractice where the allegations in the claims were “virtually identical”
• finding a claim for breach of fiduciary duty to be duplicative of a claim for legal malpractice where the allegations in the claims were \virtually identical\
• in a legal malpractice case an injured plaintiff may plead separate counts of both professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duty
• in a legal malpractice case an injured plaintiff may plead separate counts of both professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duty
• not 'every cause of action for professional negligence also sets forth a separate and independent cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty
• § 5/2-1115 bars punitive damages in cases alleging malpractice, even if conduct was intentional or fraudulent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).