Lawton v. Erwin

How courts have described this case

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

• “If the allegedly negligent conduct does not cause damage, it generates no cause of action in tort.” (quoting Budd v. Nixen, 6 Cal. 3d 195, 200 (1971))
• “All other states which have considered Pennsylvania’s stand have rejected it.”
• “To prevail in a legal malpractice action, ‘[s]imply 11 showing the attorney erred is not enough.’ The plaintiff must also establish that, but for the 12 alleged malpractice, settlement of the underlying lawsuit would have resulted in a better 13 outcome.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).