Arnold-Burger, J.:
In order to prevail in a claim of legal malpractice, "a plaintiff must establish the validity of the underlying claim by showing that it would have resulted in a favorable judgment in the underlying lawsuit had it not been for the attorney's error." Canaan v. Bartee,
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