GREFE & SIDNEY v. WATTERS

No. 93-1101.

525 N.W.2d 821 (1994)

GREFE & SIDNEY, A Partnership, Appellee, v. Lucille WATTERS, Appellant. Lucille WATTERS, Appellant, v. Henry A. HARMON and Grefe & Sidney, A Partnership, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence L. Marcucci and Ann M. Ver Heul of Shearer, Templer, Pingel & Kaplan, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Steven K. Scharnberg and Glenn Goodwin of Finley, Alt, Smith, Scharnberg & May, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, CARTER, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

This case involves issues arising from a petition by a law firm against its client for fees and a counterclaim by the client for alleged legal malpractice.

The ultimate question is whether a verdict and judgment in favor of the law firm on the malpractice counterclaim can render harmless a prior yet allegedly erroneous grant of summary judgment in favor of the law firm on its petition for fees.

We conclude no reversible error...

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