Case Name: Ricky COUTTS, et al., Appellants, v. James WALKER, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2013-11-12
Citations: 413 S.W.3d 689
Docket Number: No. WD 76290
Parties: Ricky COUTTS, et al., Appellants, v. James WALKER, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division One: ALOK AHUJA, P.J., and THOMAS H. NEWTON and ANTHONY REX GABBERT, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 413
Pages: 689–689

Head Matter:
Ricky COUTTS, et al., Appellants, v. James WALKER, Respondent.
No. WD 76290.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Nov. 12, 2013.
David E. Larson, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.
David R. Smith and Sophie Woodworth, Kansas City, MO, for respondent.
Before Division One: ALOK AHUJA, P.J., and THOMAS H. NEWTON and ANTHONY REX GABBERT, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
' PER CURIAM:
Appellants Ricky and Frances Coutts filed a legal malpractice action against attorney James D. Walker, Jr. in the Circuit Court of Jackson County. The Couttses alleged that Walker negligently failed to appeal an adverse judgment entered against them in an earlier ease in which he represented them. The circuit court granted Walker's motion for summary judgment, finding that the Couttses could not prove that they would have been successful in any appeal of the underlying case, and therefore could not prove that they had been damaged by Walker's actions. The Couttses appeal. We affirm. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, an unpublished memorandum setting forth the reasons for this order has been provided to the parties. Rule 84.16(b).