GRIFFITH v. TAYLOR

No. S-6011, S-6021.

937 P.2d 297 (1997)

Ned GRIFFITH, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Warren TAYLOR II, and Aglietti, Rodey & Offret, A Successor Partnership to Aglietti, Pennington & Rodey, A Partnership, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew K. Kurzmann, Anchorage, for Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Robert J. Dickson, Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon, Anchorage, for Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Before COMPTON, C.J., MATTHEWS, J., and RABINOWITZ, J. Pro Tem.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal requires us to review the superior court's grant of summary judgment on a claim for professional malpractice against a law firm and an individual member of the firm. Specifically, we examine the scope of the duty which a law firm owes its former clients, as well as the scope of the duty which the individual attorney owes in the factual context of this case. We reverse in part...

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