Coleman v. Morris

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Coleman v. Morris

68 A.3d 328, 620 Pa. 446, 2013 WL 2662660, 2013 Pa. LEXIS 1236

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·Decided June 13, 2013·No. No. 48 EAL 2013·Published·Cited by 2 cases

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 13th day of June 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Does the limitation on damages in a legal malpractice action sounding only in contract set forth in Bailey v. Tucker, 533 Pa. 237, 252, 621 A.2d 108, 115 (1993) — which limited such damages to “the amount actually paid for the services plus statutory interest” in a case involving an underlying criminal representation — apply where the underlying representation is a civil one?

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 13th day of June 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Does the limitation on damages in a legal malpractice action sounding only in contract set forth in Bailey v. Tucker, 533 Pa. 237, 252, 621 A.2d 108, 115 (1993) — which limited such damages to “the amount actually paid for the services plus statutory interest” in a case involving an underlying criminal representation — apply where the underlying representation is a civil one?

Coleman v. Morris, 68 A.3d 328, 620 Pa. 446, 2013 WL 2662660, 2013 Pa. LEXIS 1236 (Pa. 2013).

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