IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
EILEEN MCGUIRE, : No. 901 MAL 2016
:
Petitioner :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Superior Court
v. :
:
:
DONALD RUSSO, DOING BUSINESS AS :
LAW OFFICES OF DONALD P. RUSSO, :
ESQ., LAW OFFICES OF DONALD P :
RUSSO, (THE “RUSSO DEFENDANTS”), :
AND DEIRDRE KAMBER TODD, DOING :
BUSINESS AS FITZPATRICK LENTZ & :
BUBBA P.C., DOING BUSINESS AS :
KAMBER LAW GROUP, P.C., ALSO :
KNOWN AS KAMBER LAW GROUP P.C., :
ESQ., THE KAMBER LAW GROUP P.C., :
FITZPATRICK LENTZ & BUBBA P.C., :
(THE “TODD/FLB DEFENDANTS”), :
:
Respondents :
:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 6th day of June, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:
Should this Court overturn its decision in Muhammad v. Strassburger,
Mckenna, Messer, Shilobod & Gutnick, 587 A.2d 1346 (Pa. 1991), which
bars legal malpractice suits following the settlement of a lawsuit absent
an allegation of fraud, even in instances where an attorney’s negligence
led to a lesser settlement.