Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2013

Coleman v. Morris

Coleman v. Morris
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided June 13, 2013
68 A.3d 328 (Atlantic Reporter, Third Series)

Coleman v. Morris

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 13th day of June 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Does the limitation on damages in a legal malpractice action sounding only in contract set forth in Bailey v. Tucker, 533 Pa. 237, 252, 621 A.2d 108, 115 (1993) — which limited such damages to “the amount actually paid for the services plus statutory interest” in a case involving an underlying criminal representation — apply where the underlying representation is a civil one?

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