Ex-Clients' Malpractice Suit Against Ohio Attorney, Firm Reinstated for Representation in Underlying Child Custody Matter
"We do not find that, based on the allegations in the Amended Complaint, the asserted casual connection between Dicke's conduct and the Resors' loss is too speculative as a matter of law to sufficiently plead a legal malpractice claim," Judge Mark C. Miller wrote for the court. "Further supporting this finding is the (alleged) fact that, after the Resors hired alternate legal counsel, they succeeded in having the three dependency cases dismissed and gained back custody of their children."
November 20, 2023 at 05:50 PM
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Legal Malpractice
An Ohio appellate court reinstated a legal malpractice suit against an attorney and law office, holding the ex-clients' suit in an underlying child custody matter had standing.
In a Nov. 13 opinion, the Ohio Court of Appeals Third Appellate District reversed a trial court's dismissal of a legal malpractice claim against attorney Gloria A. Dicke and her northwest Ohio firm employer, The Hearn Law Office, finding her clients' suit should have survived the defendants' motion to dismiss.
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