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BARNES v. TURNER

No. S04G0813.

606 S.E.2d 849 (2004)

278 Ga. 788

BARNES et al. v. TURNER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 9, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Jensen & Harris, Taylor W. Jones, Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for appellants.

Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Johannes S. Kingma, John C. Rogers, Atlanta, for appellee.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

The issue in this legal malpractice case is what duty attorney David Turner, Jr. owed his client, William Barnes, Jr., with respect to maintaining Barnes's security interest that lapsed. The Court of Appeals held that Turner's only duty was to inform Barnes that his security interest required renewal in five years.1 Because under that view the statute of limitations...

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