Land v. Greenwood

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• finding that plaintiff’s breach of contract claim was properly dismissed where it was “simply a restatement of the negligence count”
• noting that because the cause of action remained viable at the time defendant was discharged as counsel, and plaintiff hired new counsel, plaintiff could not connect defendant’s conduct to any of plaintiffs damages
• noting that because the cause of action remained viable at the time defendant was discharged as counsel, and plaintiff hired new counsel, plaintiff could not connect defendant's conduct to any of plaintiff's damages
• “[A]n action for legal malpractice is one sounding in tort which arises out of a contract, express or implied, for legal services”
• where plaintiffs cause of action remained viable at the time defendant attorney was discharged, “successor counsel had the duty to preserve his client’s cause of action”
• second attorney could have averted involuntary dismissal by taking a voluntary nonsuit and refiling the action within one year

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).