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BEAUCHAMP v. KEMMETER

No. 00-0470.

240 Wis.2d 733 (2000)

2001 WI App 5

625 N.W.2d 297

Ronald BEAUCHAMP, June Rittenhouse, Robert Beauchamp, and Margaret Boulanger, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James A. KEMMETER, Lathrop & Clark, LLP, and Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Cynthia L. Manlove of Hall Charne Burce & Olson, S.C., Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, James A. Kemmeter and Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, the cause was submitted on the brief of Ward I. Richter and Sheila M. Sullivan of Bell, Gierhart & Moore S.C., Madison.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, Lathrop & Clark, LLP, and Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, the cause was submitted on the brief of Earl H. Munson of Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, LLP, Madison.

Before Dykman, P.J., Deininger, J., and William Eich, Reserve Judge.

¶ 1. DYKMAN, P.J.

Ronald Beauchamp, June Rittenhouse, Robert Beauchamp, and Margaret Boulanger (Appellants) appeal from a judgment and an order dismissing their negligence claim against the law firm of Lathrop & Clark, LLP, and James A. Kemmeter, the attorney who drafted their uncle's will. They assert that, when extrinsic evidence of a testator's intent is available, third parties unnamed in a will should be permitted to maintain negligence actions against...

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