STANLEY L. AND CAROLYN M. WATKINS TRUST v. LACOSTA

No. 02-567.

92 P.3d 620 (2004)

2004 MT 144

THE STANLEY L. AND CAROLYN M. WATKINS TRUST; Steven B. Williamson, individually and as Personal Representative of The Estate of Stanley L. Watkins, Deceased, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Susan M. LACOSTA, Esq., and Hedman, Hileman & Lacosta, Attorneys at Law, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided June 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants: Kenneth R. Dyrud, Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, P.C., Missoula, Montana.

For Respondents: George D. Goodrich, William Evan Jones, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, Montana.


Justice JAMES C. NELSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 The Stanley L. and Carolyn M. Watkins Trust, and Steven B. Williamson, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Stanley L. Watkins, deceased (collectively, "Appellants"), brought a legal malpractice action in the District Court for the Eleventh Judicial District, Flathead County, to recover damages allegedly sustained as a result of attorney Susan Lacosta's negligence in drafting...

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