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- Title: Woodruff V. Tomlin
- Author : Sixth Circuit. United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 21, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 82 KB
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This case involves a claim of legal malpractice arising from the manner in which the defendants handled litigation on behalf of the plaintiffs in the Tennessee state courts. Jurisdiction of the district court was based on diversity of citizenship. The district court severed the plaintiffs' claims based on alleged conflict of interests in the defendants' representation of multiple parties. The district court also ordered a bifurcated jury trial, reserving questions of damages until after the jury had determined issues of liability. The case was tried to a jury on the plaintiffs' claims that the defendants negligently conducted "the investigation, preparation for trial and presentation at trial" of the plaintiffs' claims for personal injuries arising from an auto-truck collision. The jury in the district court was unable to agree on a verdict and the court declared a mistrial. The defendants then filed a motion for judgment n. o. v. and for dismissal of the complaint. This motion was granted. Woodruff v. Tomlin, 423 F. Supp. 1284 (W.D.Tenn.1976).