VESELY, OTTO, MILLER & KEEFE v. BLAKE

No. 81-69.

311 N.W.2d 3 (1981)

VESELY, OTTO, MILLER & KEEFE and Jerre Miller, Appellants, v. Paul BLAKE, M.D., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh and Theodore J. Collins and James Redman, St. Paul, for appellants.

Bassford, Heckt, Lockhart & Mullin and Kevin P. Keenan, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


PETERSON, Justice.

The issue for decision is whether a lawyer, who was found liable in a legal malpractice action for negligent advice rendered to a client which resulted in the client's failure to sue a physician for medical malpractice before the expiration of the statute of limitations, may recover contribution or indemnity from the physician. We hold that the lawyer may not.

This case arises out of the facts described in Togstad v. Vesely, Otto, Miller...

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