GOLDEN v. COOK

No. CIV.A.02-1300.

293 F.Supp.2d 546 (2003)

Robert GOLDEN, Attorney-in-Fact for Leah Golden and Donald Earwood, Executor of the Estate of Helen Earwood, Plaintiffs, v. Nicholas J. COOK, Esquire and Leskinen & Cook, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

December 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel W. Todd, Esquire, Dolchin, Slotkin & Todd, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs.

David L. Haber, Esquire, Weinheimer, Schadel & Haber, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendants.


OPINION

CERCONE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs commenced this diversity action seeking monetary damages based on their status as third party beneficiaries of a contract between defendants and one of their clients. Under the terms of the contract defendants agreed to provide the client with estate planning documents. Plaintiffs specifically contend that defendants are liable as a result of Nicholas J. Cook, Esquire's ("Attorney Cook") failure to investigate...

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