288 Ga. App. 44 - Millsaps v. Kaufold’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
November 2016
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins · 243 Ga. App. 449 - Szurovy v. Olderman · 251 Ga. App. 417 - Holmes v. Peebles · 263 Ga. App. 702 - Hopkinson v. Labovitz
Most-quoted passages
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“prevail on a legal malpractice claim, a client must prove that (1) he employed the defendant attorney; (2) the attorney failed to exercise ordinary care, skill, and diligence; and (3) this failure was the proximate cause of damages to the client. To establish proximate cause, the client must show that but for the attorney’s error, the outcome would have been different; any lesser requirement would invite speculation and conjecture. The defendant attorney is entitled to summary judgment if he shows that there is an absence of proof adduced by the client on the issue of proximate cause.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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