Vandermay v. Clayton

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that, as in other professional malpractice actions, a plaintiff in a legal malpractice action must provide expert testimony to establish a breach of the standard of care when issues are beyond common knowledge of lay jurors
• “[E]xpert testimony is required if the issues are not within the knowledge of the ordinary lay juror.”
• “A directed verdict for defendant was proper if plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence regarding whether defendant’s conduct fell below that required by the standard of care.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).