CERBERUS PARTNERS v. GADSBY & HANNAH, LLP

No. 2002-196-Appeal.

836 A.2d 1113 (2003)

CERBERUS PARTNERS, L.P., et. al. v. GADSBY & HANNAH, LLP, Schatz & Schatz, Ribicoff & Kotkin v. Adam C. Harris and O'Melveny & Myers, LLP.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew F. Medeiros, Providence, for Plaintiffs.

John Tarantino, Melissa M. Horne, Providence, for Defendants.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., FLANDERS, GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, and SUTTELL, JJ:


OPINION

SUTTELL, Justice.

May Rhode Island courts exercise personal jurisdiction, either specific or general, over an out-of-state law firm on a claim for contribution and indemnity arising out of a legal malpractice action that is governed by the laws of this state?

In this case third-party plaintiffs, Schatz & Schatz, Ribicoff & Kotkin (Schatz) and its former partners, appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court granting third-party defendants...

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