CALLAHAN v. SHEAFFER

No. 930518-CA.

877 P.2d 1259 (1994)

Geraldine CALLAHAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John D. SHEAFFER, Jr., and Dart, Adamson & Kasting, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

July 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn P. Heward, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Michael F. Skolnick and Carman E. Kipp, Salt Lake City, for appellee.

Before BENCH, JACKSON and GARFF, JJ.


OPINION

JACKSON, Judge:

Plaintiff Geraldine Callahan appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants. We reverse.

FACTS

Callahan retained attorney John Sheaffer to represent her in a divorce proceeding that commenced in April 1987. She urged Sheaffer to take the necessary steps to preserve her rights under her husband's retirement plan. On January 21, 1988, Callahan discovered that her husband irrevocably changed...

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