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Johnstone v. Raffaele

SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Oct 30, 2020
241 A.3d 479 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020)

Summary

affirming a preliminary objection to a breach of contract claim where the gist of the action against an attorney for negligent preparation of documents and 'overall exercise of care' was in tort

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Opinion

No. 2581 EDA 2019

10-30-2020

Donna JOHNSTONE Appellant v. Michael RAFFAELE, Esq., d/b/a Raffaele & Puppio, LLP., Raffale & Puppio, LLP, et al., Lance Nelson, Esq., Harry Donato, Esq., and Macelree Harvey LTD.


Non-Precedential Decision

See Pa. Superior Court Internal operating Procedures, § 65.37 before citing

Reversed.


Summaries of

Johnstone v. Raffaele

SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Oct 30, 2020
241 A.3d 479 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020)

affirming a preliminary objection to a breach of contract claim where the gist of the action against an attorney for negligent preparation of documents and 'overall exercise of care' was in tort

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observing that "gist of the action" doctrine was not involved in Gorski; as stated in Bruno, contract claim arises from promise to do something specific that is not otherwise generally required of attorney

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Case details for

Johnstone v. Raffaele

Case Details

Full title:DONNA JOHNSTONE Appellant v. MICHAEL RAFFAELE, ESQ., D/B/A RAFFAELE …

Court:SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Oct 30, 2020

Citations

241 A.3d 479 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020)

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