DAVIS v. GABRIEL

No. 10683.

804 P.2d 1108 (1990)

111 N.M. 289

Roger L. DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elizabeth GABRIEL, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Burke, Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellant.

Briggs F. Cheney, Butt, Thornton & Baehr, P.C., Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee.


OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

Roger Davis sued his former attorney, Elizabeth Gabriel, alleging that her legal malpractice caused him not to pursue a meritorious personal injury claim before the expiration of the statute-of-limitations period. The district court granted Gabriel a directed verdict on the ground that Davis's underlying personal injury claim was without merit. We reverse. After noting that the district court...

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