· 4/27/2001
Sheetz, Inc. v. Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, PLLC
Citations
- 547 S.E.2d 256
- 209 W. Va. 318
- 2001 W. Va. LEXIS 36
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- noting that 5 advice of counsel is not necessarily a bar to punitive damages
- noting that advice of counsel is not necessarily a bar to punitive damages
- noting that public policy considerations exist on both sides of the issue
- acknowledging reliance on advice of counsel is generally not defense to charges that one acted unlawfully or negligently
- acknowledging rebanee on advice of counsel is generally not defense to charges that one acted unlawfully or negbgently
- answering certified question \Does West Virginia law allow the use of lawyers as experts in legal malpractice case?\ in the affirmative
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