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SORENSON v. PAVLIKOWSKI

No. 10240.

581 P.2d 851 (1978)

R. Paul SORENSON, Petitioner, v. Joseph S. PAVLIKOWSKI, Judge of Department III, in the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Clark, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick R. Doyle, Las Vegas, for petitioner.

Thorndal & Liles, Ltd., and Leland Eugene Backus, Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

MANOUKIAN, Justice:

This is a suit for professional malpractice. The petitioner was the attorney in an uncontested divorce action in which the parties had previously agreed to the terms of a settlement. One term of the agreement was that the husband, Thomas N. Griswold, the unnamed real party in interest in the instant matter, was to pay $3,600 in alimony over the course of one year.

Petitioner attorney, however, failed to incorporate the...

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