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Moody et al. v. Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP et al.

Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline | Legal Malpractice
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bret Moore, Douglas Chandler (Chandler & Moore Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Mark Rogers, Johannes Kingma (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Gregory Digel, Matthew Friedlander (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
Case Number: A18A1011

The trial court erred in denying plaintiffs' motion for protective order in their legal malpractice action in which defendants requested production of a non-party attorney's litigation files and correspondences with plaintiff, as there was no evidence of an implied waiver of the attorney-client privilege with regard to the third-party attorney.