Lyle, Siegel, Croshaw & Beale, P.C. v. Tidewater Capital Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that contributory negligence is available as a defense in legal malpractice actions
• “With respect to contributory negligence, we discern no logical reason for treating differently legal malpractice and medical malpractice actions.”
• expert testimony generally required to establish standard of care in “highly technical professions” such as law
• “Generally, on public policy grounds, an offer to settle or compromise a disputed claim is inadmissible in evidence.”
• “Generally, on public policy grounds, an offer to settle or compromise a disputed claim is inadmissible in evidence.”
• “There is no single measure of damages in a legal malpractice case, and, generally, the appropriate measure must be determined by the facts and circumstances of each case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).