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SODERLUND v. ALTON

No. 90-0772.

160 Wis.2d 825 (1991)

467 N.W.2d 144

Mary Louise SODERLUND, Plaintiff-Respondent-Cross Appellant v. Brain D. ALTON, and Northwestern National Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellants-Cross Respondents, MINNESOTA LAWYERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, and Alias Insurance Company, Defendants

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-appellants-crossrespondents, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Thomas J. Misfeldt and Beverly Wickstrom and oral argument of Thomas J. Misfeldt of Misfeldt, Stark, Richie & Wickstrom of Eau Claire.

On behalf of the respondent-cross-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief and oral argument of Phillip M. Steans of Steans, Skinner, Schofield & Higley of Menomonie.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.

CANE, P.J.

Attorney Brian Alton, who formerly represented Mary Soderlund, appeals a judgment against him in a legal malpractice action. He contends that (1) Mary failed to prove a causal connection between his negligence and any damage to her; (2) the trial court erred by not requiring Mary to prove that she would have prevailed in the underlying custody dispute absent his negligence; (3) the trial court erred by excluding...

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