WARTNICK v. MOSS & BARNETT

No. C6-91-564.

490 N.W.2d 108 (1992)

Norman WARTNICK, Petitioner, Appellant, v. MOSS & BARNETT, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry W. Snider, Steven L. Severson, Faegre & Benson, and Joseph S. Friedberg, Minneapolis, for appellant.

John M. Mason, Peggy L. Hicks, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


GARDEBRING, Justice.

This case arises out of a malpractice action filed by Norman Wartnick against his attorney Phillip Gainsley and Gainsley's law firm Moss & Barnett. After Norman Wartnick's former employee and recent competitor Robert Nachtsheim, Sr. (the decedent) was murdered in May 1973, Wartnick retained Gainsley as counsel during the police investigation. Gainsley also advised and assisted Wartnick in recovering the proceeds of a life insurance policy...

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