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· 3/11/2003

Rose v. Welch

Citations

  • 115 S.W.3d 478
  • 2003 Tenn. App. LEXIS 199

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that allegations of “failure to investigate and develop [the] case” were not the type of allegations that are within the common knowledge of laymen
  • recognizing “the client's right to discharge the attorney whenever the client ceases to have absolute confidence in the relationship”
  • recognizing an attorney’s fiduciary duty to a client
  • In attorney malpractice actions, except in extreme cases, expert proof is needed of the standard an attorney must follow.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: D. Michael Swiney

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