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O'CONNELL v. BEAN

Record No. 002900.

556 S.E.2d 741 (2002)

263 Va. 176

Marjorie A. O'CONNELL v. Deborah L. BEAN.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Hopper (Scott C. Ford; McCandlish Kaine, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant.

Shannon L. Kroeger (Gaughan & Schargorodski, on brief), Fairfax, for appellee.

Present CARRICO, C.J., and LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and WHITING, S.J.

Opinion By HENRY H. WHITING, Senior Justice.

This appeal raises jurisdictional and punitive damage issues.

Marjorie A. O'Connell, an attorney, represented Deborah L. Bean in a divorce suit filed in Virginia. Bean discharged O'Connell as her attorney, obtained other counsel, and later filed this action against O'Connell.

Bean's four-count motion for judgment alleged professional negligence, actual fraud, constructive fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty...

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