Duke & Co. v. Anderson

How courts have described this case

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

• underlying defamation claim apparently was tried to a jury, but nothing in the opinion suggests that this method of proof was required
• a legal malpractice suit brought in assumpsit must allege that the attorney failed to follow specific client instructions
• “[w]e therefore conclude that when it is alleged that an attorney has breached his professional obligations to his client, an essential element of the cause of action, whether the action be denominated in assumpsit or trespass, is proof of actual loss.”
• defining the different basis for legal malpractice actions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).