96 N.C. App. 555 - Bamberger v. Bernholz’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
September 2007
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vail v. Vail · Rorrer v. Cooke · Hodges v. Carter · 77 N.C. App. 253 - Walker v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. · Walker v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“The standard in a legal malpractice case is set out in Rorrer v. Cooke .... [Pursuant to which] the plaintiff would have to prove the original claim against [the original defendants] was valid. . . . The plaintiff’s forecast of the evidence as to the defendant[-attorney]’s quality of representation is certainly unflattering but that is not the main point of this case; the law is clear as to the requirement for the success of a legal malpractice action and in this case the first hurdle [of meeting the Rorrer elements] cannot be cleared.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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