No ‘Good Will’ Damages for Malpractice Suit 
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Published: October 12, 2011
Tags: Attorneys, Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr., Richmond Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
On reconsideration, a Richmond Circuit Court says plaintiff, a financial services company, may not seek damages for loss of good will in its legal malpractice action against defendant firm, and the court sustains the law firm’s demurrer and dismisses the suit in its entirety.
The difference in the Second Complaint is that plaintiff set out loss ...
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