The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a legal malpractice complaint against Taylor English Duma and firm partner Michael Trotter, ruling the trial judge was correct in finding an inventor’s claims against the firm can’t proceed, since he settled the underlying case.

Like the lower court, the appellate panel found that Michael Lalonde had agreed to settle his claims with his former investor—the business’ majority partner—and thus could not prove that any negligence on the firm’s part caused his financial losses. 

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