McGuire, E. v. Russo, D., et al. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT EILEEN MCGUIRE, Petitioner v. DONALD RUSSO, DOING BUSINESS AS LAW OFFICES OF DONALD P. RUSSO, ESQ., LAW OFFICES OF DONALD P RUSSO, (THE “RUSSO DEFENDANTS”), AND DEIRDRE KAMBER TODD, DOING BUSINESS AS FITZPATRICK LENTZ & BUBBA P.C., DOING BUSINESS AS KAMBER LAW GROUP, P.C., ALSO KNOWN AS KAMBER LAW GROUP P.C., ESQ., THE KAMBER LAW GROUP P.C., FITZPATRICK LENTZ & BUBBA P.C., (THE “TODD/FLB DEFENDANTS”), Respondents : No. 901 MAL 2016 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 6th day of June, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is: Should this Court overturn its decision in Muhammad v. Strassburger, Mckenna, Messer, Shilobod & Gutnick, 587 A.2d 1346 (Pa. 1991), which bars legal malpractice suits following the settlement of a lawsuit absent an allegation of fraud, even in instances where an attorney’s negligence led to a lesser settlement.

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