Chumley v. White’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 549 So. 2d 840 - Rosell v. Esco · 764 So. 2d 41 - Cacamo v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. · 62 So. 3d 36 - Land v. Vidrine · 656 So. 2d 988 - Jordan v. Central Louisiana Elec. Co., Inc. · Chambers v. LeBlanc
Most-quoted passages
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“Despite the fact that we have come to view legal malpractice as a matter in tort with its special peremption statute for the institution of the action, there is still a contractual agreement underlying the attorney-client relationship. See, e.g., State Bar Articles of Incorporation, Art. 16, Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.5, and La. R.S. 37:218. The analogous principle for venue in contract disputes allows a party to the contract to be sued in “the parish where any work or services were performed” under the contract. La. C.C.P. art. 76.1. With this broad allowance for alternate venues under Article 76.1 in contract cases, I would give special application to the express language of Article 74 and allow a venue for legal malpractice “in the parish where the damages were sustained.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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