LINCK v. BAROKAS & MARTIN

No. 6786.

667 P.2d 171 (1983)

Gertrude LINCK, Nancy Linck Kelly, Mark Linck and Greg Linck, Appellants, v. BAROKAS & MARTIN, R.R. DeYoung and Earl L. Sommerfeld, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Galbraith, James D. Sourant, Sourant & Strandberg, Anchorage, for appellants.

Robert L. Eastaugh, Delaney, Wiles, Hayes, Reitman & Brubaker, Inc., Anchorage, and John A. Treptow, Atkinson, Conway, Young, Bell & Gagnon, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before BURKE, C.J., RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice.


OPINION

BURKE, Chief Justice.

This appeal challenges the dismissal of appellants' complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. We reverse.

Lee Linck died on December 11, 1978. At the time of Linck's death, attorneys R.R. DeYoung and Barokas & Martin and accountant Earl L. Sommerfeld were in the process of developing an estate plan for him. This plan was never completed. Under Linck's will, his entire estate, valued...

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