Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/7/1998
Kituskie v. Corbman
Citations
- 714 A.2d 1027
- 552 Pa. 275
- 1998 Pa. LEXIS 1649
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- “[fjollowing a trial on the matter ... a jury found that [the defendants] were liable to [the plaintiff] for legal malpractice in the amount of $2,300,000.”
- requiring “proof of actual loss rather than a breach of a professional duty causing only nominal damages, speculative harm or the threat of future harm”
- to maintain cause of action in negligence for legal professional malpractice, complainant must demonstrate: 1
- “Issues not properly developed or argued in the argument section of an appellate brief are waived.”
- “An essential element to [legal malpractice] is proof of actual loss rather than a breach of a professional duty causing only ... speculative harm or the threat of future harm.”
- “[a]n essential element to [a legal malpratice] cause of action is proof of actual loss rather than a breach of a professional duty causing only nominal damages, speculative harm or the threat of future harm.”
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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman
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