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FRIESENS, INC. v. LARSON

No. C7-88-1891.

438 N.W.2d 444 (1989)

FRIESENS, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Arnold LARSON, Donovan, McCarthy, Crassweller, Larson & Magie, P.A., James Balmer, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted June 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dudley R. Younkin, Green, Merrigan, Johnson & Quayle, Minneapolis, for Friesens, Inc., et al.

Arnold W. Larson, James T. Prest, Duluth, for Arnold Larson.

Robert F. Berger, The Trenti Law Firm, Virginia, for Donovan, McCarthy, Crassweller, Larson & Magie, P.A.

John D. Kelly, Hanft, Fride, O'Brien, Harries, Swelbar & Burns, P.A., Duluth, for James Balmer, et al.

Heard, considered and decided by SHORT, P.J., and NIERENGARTEN and NORTON, JJ.

OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

This appeal is from a grant of partial summary judgment pursuant to Minn.R. Civ.P. 54.02, in a legal malpractice action. Appellants allege that respondent law firm's negligence in failing to properly defend a claim was a cause of appellants' damages. Appellants claim the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of respondent. We reverse.

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