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· 4/15/1884

Dinwiddie v. Jacobs

Citations

  • 82 Mo. 195

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that, since the consequences of legal malpractice frequently involve “hypothetical questions,” in the event that “damages cannot be measured precisely, they can be estimated”
  • upholding dismissal of legal malpractice claim for counsel’s failure to procure court approval of a motion for a special marital master because plaintiff failed to “postulate any harm” that resulted
  • causation is not for jury where reasonable minds can not differ on the outcome

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Judges: Ewing

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