DocketNumber: McGuire, E. v. Russo, D. - No. 901 MAL 2016 (Granted)
Filed Date: 6/6/2017
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 6/6/2017
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT EILEEN MCGUIRE, : No. 901 MAL 2016 : Petitioner : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : DONALD RUSSO, DOING BUSINESS AS : LAW OFFICES OF DONALD P. RUSSO, : ESQ., LAW OFFICES OF DONALD P : RUSSO, (THE “RUSSO DEFENDANTS”), : AND DEIRDRE KAMBER TODD, DOING : BUSINESS AS FITZPATRICK LENTZ & : BUBBA P.C., DOING BUSINESS AS : KAMBER LAW GROUP, P.C., ALSO : KNOWN AS KAMBER LAW GROUP P.C., : ESQ., THE KAMBER LAW GROUP P.C., : FITZPATRICK LENTZ & BUBBA P.C., : (THE “TODD/FLB DEFENDANTS”), : : Respondents : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 6th day of June, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is: Should this Court overturn its decision in Muhammad v. Strassburger, Mckenna, Messer, Shilobod & Gutnick,587 A.2d 1346
(Pa. 1991), which bars legal malpractice suits following the settlement of a lawsuit absent an allegation of fraud, even in instances where an attorney’s negligence led to a lesser settlement.