SIMON v. ZIPPERSTEIN

No. 86-1634.

32 Ohio St. 3d 74 (1987)

SIMON, APPELLEE, v. ZIPPERSTEIN, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Genberg, for appellee.

Jenks, Surdyk, Gibson & Cowdrey Co., L.P.A., and Thomas E. Jenks, for appellant.


Per Curiam.

The sole consideration presented by this appeal is whether in the absence of fraud, collusion or malice, an attorney may be held liable in a malpractice action by a beneficiary or purported beneficiary of a will where privity is lacking. For the reasons that follow, we answer this question in the negative and reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

It is by now well-established in Ohio that an attorney may not be held liable by third...

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