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HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-03802 ; ~ I ~I ~I . ;# ~ -0 <t ~ ~ J , L j 0-/ ( \ / ./,/ , ,. (.", " ~\,)\t, i.. \.i-. i'; 11." 1._.. (I' ~ ~ .~. I k l" ( )' , , I:') cl: ' , ".., ] 0- .4. [.I:' ,\1 ~ . ~ I. . ~ ~ , I'.. 1- (j U (J' y. ~ ~ ~J~ @ M of .. 0 1Il .. ... f<l .. ~ " < Q .. Z '" Z 01 :< -< 5 = ~ s ::i ...i .. >- >- .. e '" ..l w ~ " Z Z 0 Z f<l c: OJ ;J 0 ;: c: Co ~ I- " w' '" l- e -< < 7- Z CJJ " >- " 0 " :t OJ 01 d , . - . , r) ,I') .-.. \ ..-. ..J II '. I :; I TJ ." .;;l '. ';J ;fo" ".U "} .. , HI f; ~ .. '0 :') ". Wherefore. Defendant requests that Plaintin's Complaint be dismissed. NEW MAT.IER 8. The allegations of paragraphs one through seven of Plaintiff's Complaint and Defendant's answers thereto arc incorporated herein by reference. 9, During the time that Plainlin'represented Defendant. Defendant was engaged in divorce and child custody litigation in the Courts of Common Pleas of both Dauphin County and Perry County. Pennsylvania. 10, During the course of that litigation, Defendant gave Plaintilfinstructions regarding her position on certain issues involving. the children's father's contact with the children. Despite those instructions, Plaintiff negotiated a settlement with opposing counsel that was not in accordance with the instructions given to him by Defendant. which resulted in an awkward and unworkable custody arrangement. that despite her subsequent efforts. Defendant has not been able to alter. II. During the course of that same litigation, Plaintiff advised Defendant not to seek special relief to preserve her interest in jointly owned real estate. Defendant followed Plaintiff's advice. Subsequently as a result of her husband's failure to pay the martgage. the real estate was sold at sheriff's sale incident to a mortgage foreclosure proceeding, and Defendant lost her share of the equity in the property. 12. As a result of Defendant's poor advice and inadequate representation, Defendant suffered damage in at least the amount claimed by Plainlin'in this action. 13, In the alternative. Plaintiff's poor advice and inadequate representation rendered his legal services worthless to Defendant. and Plaintiffs is not entitled to recover the amount claimed. >- P~. j' '~ U.I\'--'~ .....'ll-:' 1'_ t'. ' c;l ~ ' C.' Ll..' . .J. (,-' II LJ ",. lJ. l'? " ,-. t:-', I' L.. cO t'-' -.. r,. : f " , \ p I , , " "'1-0 ';.:! .J M '1 ~ 0 III ~ !: r.l ~ l< " < Q ~ Z < " Z ..I 5 ~ ~ " ~ e ..I ~ >- ....l >- ~ e III 1>1 ~ " Z ..l Z ~ ci z r.l a: = 1>1 ;:l 0 ~ 0: c.. ~ " 1>1- ~ e ... z Z < ~ >- rn " 0 " X 1>1 .. , .-. -