WASTVEDT v. VAALER

Civ. No. 870344.

430 N.W.2d 561 (1988)

Gilman WASTVEDT, an individual; Osten H. Pladson, an individual; James N. Kent and Ethel B. Kent, husband and wife; Harley Nash, as Personal Representative of the Estate of H.M. Nash, deceased; Joseph Noff, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Emelia R. Nash, deceased; Harley Nash, an individual, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Theodore Huus, deceased; Alpha Huus, an individual; and Lowell Brieland, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Theodore Huus, deceased, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Robert VAALER, an individual; and Vaaler, Gillig, Warcup, Woutat, Zimney & Foster, Chartered, a professional corporation, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

October 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Neimann (argued) and Dave F. Senger (appearance), of Moss & Barnett, Minneapolis, Minn. and Mack, Moosbrugger, Ohlsen, Dvorak & Carter, Grand Forks, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Nilles, Hansen & Davies, Ltd., Fargo, for defendants and appellees; argued by J. Gerald Nilles. Appearance by Duane H. Ilvedson.


LEVINE, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Gilman Wastvedt, Osten H. Pladson, James N. Kent, Ethel B. Kent, H.M. (Herb) Nash, Emelia R. Nash, Theodore Huus, Alpha Huus, and Harley Nash, appeal from a judgment notwithstanding a jury verdict which set aside a $168,185.63 verdict in their legal malpractice action against the defendants, Robert Vaaler and Vaaler, Gillig, Warcup, Woutat, Zimney & Foster, Chartered, a professional corporation. We affirm.

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