WOOD v. MCGRATH, NORTH, MULLIN & KRATZ

No. S-96-1243.

589 N.W.2d 103 (1999)

256 Neb. 109

Beverly J. WOOD, appellant, v. McGRATH, NORTH, MULLIN & KRATZ, P.C., appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Geier, of Healey & Wieland Law Firm, Lincoln, for appellant.

John R. Douglas and Terry J. Grennan, of Cassem, Tierney, Adams, Gotch & Douglas, Omaha, for appellee.

HENDRY, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, and McCORMACK, JJ.


CONNOLLY, J.

We granted the appellant, Beverly J. Wood's petition for further review of the Nebraska Court of Appeals' decision. The Court of Appeals concluded that as a matter of law, Timothy J. Pugh, an attorney with the appellee, the law firm of McGrath, North, Mullin & Kratz, P.C. (McGrath), did not breach the standard of care or commit legal malpractice by failing to inform Wood that the law relating to two issues relevant to a divorce settlement was unsettled...

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