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NOBLE v. BRUCE

Nos. 7, 55, Sept. Term, 1997.

709 A.2d 1264 (1998)

349 Md. 730

Aileen L. NOBLE et al. v. Charles A. BRUCE, Jr. Thomas W. FAUNTLEROY, Jr. et al. v. Sara N. BLIZZARD, Personal Representative et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanard T. Klinefelter (Shale D. Stiller, Kurt J. Fischer, Marta D. Harting, Piper & Marbury, L.L.P., Baltimore; William G. Duvall, Jr., Duvall & Duvall, Salisbury, all on brief), for petitioner.

Shale D. Stiller (Brett Ingerman, Piper & Marbury, L.L.P., on brief), Baltimore, for appellants.

Alvin I. Frederick (James E. Dickerman, James M. Timmerman, Eccleston and Wolf, on brief), Baltimore, for respondents and appellees.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW and RAKER, JJ., and MARVIN H. SMITH and ROBERT L. KARWACKI, Judges (retired), Specially Assigned.

CHASANOW, Judge.

The two consolidated cases before this Court, Noble, et al. v. Bruce, No. 7, September Term 1997, and Fauntleroy, et al. v. Blizzard, et al., No. 55, September Term 1997, present the identical issue of whether a nonclient, testamentary beneficiary may maintain a cause of action for professional malpractice against an attorney where it is alleged that the attorney either provided negligent estate planning advice to the testator, or negligently...

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