NICOLET INSTRUMENT CORP. v. LINDQUIST & VENNUM

No. 93-3822.

34 F.3d 453 (1994)

NICOLET INSTRUMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LINDQUIST & VENNUM, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian E. Butler (argued), Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, Madison, WI, for plaintiff-appellant.

James E. Bartzen, Henry A. Field, Jr., Catherine M. Rottier (argued), Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, Madison, WI, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

Nicolet Instrument Corporation brought a diversity suit for legal malpractice against its former counsel, Lindquist & Vennum. The district judge granted summary judgment for the law firm on the ground that Nicolet had failed to establish a causal connection between its loss and the law firm's alleged negligence. Wisconsin law governs the substantive issues.

Nicolet had a wholly owned subsidiary named "Nicolet Zeta Corp." that made...

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