Karl & Terri Hager v. McCabe, Trotter & Beverly

Syllabus

This is an appeal by several condominium owners of an order dismissing their claims against a law firm. The firm advised the property's homeowners' association after a hurricane damaged several units. The circuit court dismissed the claims for a number of reasons, including that the owners could not sue the firm because the firm's client was the homeowners' association, not the individual owners. We reverse the portion of the judgment dismissing the owners' derivative claims on behalf of the HOA but affirm the dismissal of all other claims.