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GEORGE v. CATON

No. 3375.

600 P.2d 822 (1979)

93 N.M. 370

Evelyn M. GEORGE, As Executrix of the Estate of Pearl George and Emma Dick Reed aka Emma Dick, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants. v. Byron CATON and Fred E. White, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura M. Goldsmith, Window Rock, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellant.

George J. Hopkins, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellees.

OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

This suit was brought to recover damages for losses sustained when defendants, as attorneys for Pearl George and Emma Dick, deceased, failed to file plaintiff's wrongful death action before expiration of the statute of limitations. Defendants' motion for summary judgment was granted because, based on principles of contract law, no attorney-client relationship was established. Plaintiff appeals. We reverse.

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