Moua v. Pittullo, Howington, Barker, Abernathy, LLP
Annotate this CasePlaintiff appealed the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants, a law firm and an attorney, on her legal malpractice claim. The court concluded that there was no triable issue of material fact as to causation where plaintiff disregarded the firm's advice to accept an initial settlement in an underlying putative spouse lawsuit. When plaintiff obtained new counsel, she also disregarded his advice to accept the settlement. Plaintiff ultimately recovered nothing from the underlying suit. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the trial court.
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