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· 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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Judges: Starcher

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