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CUTLER v. KLASS, WHICHER & MISHNE

No. 90-823.

473 N.W.2d 178 (1991)

Karen M. CUTLER, Executor of the Estate of Daniel T. Cutler, Deceased, Appellant, v. KLASS, WHICHER & MISHNE; Marvin J. Klass; Theodore M. Whicher; Robert D. Mishne; David C. Nyberg; Willis A. Buell; James C. Hanks; Roger L. Carter; Janet J. Brown; and James R. Villone, and each of them individually, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Riccolo and David L. Baker of Riccolo & Baker, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

James L. Kramer and Thomas J. Bice of Johnson, Erb, Latham, Gibb & Carlson, P.C., Fort Dodge, for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and SCHULTZ, CARTER, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

This suit against a Sioux City law firm arises from the suicide of a firm member. Shortly before the suicide the firm communicated to the distraught partner the fact that it was delaying a decision on allowing him to return to work. The claims ascribe responsibility for the suicide to the manner in which the firm communicated with decedent. By rulings on a motion to dismiss and a motion for summary judgment the trial court dismissed the claims and...

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