BAKER v. WOOD, RIS & HAMES, PROF'L CORP.

Supreme Court Case No. 13SC554.

364 P.3d 872 (2016)

2016 CO 5

Merridy Kay BAKER and Sue Carol Kunda, Petitioners, v. WOOD, RIS & HAMES, PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, a Colorado professional corporation; Donald L. Cook; and Barbara L. Brundin, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioners: Stinson Leonard Street LLP, William C. Waller, Jr. , Reid A. Page , Dylan H. Metzner , Greenwood Village, Colorado, Denis H. Mark, P.C., Denis H. Mark , Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondents: Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Michael L. O'Donnell , Carolyn J. Fairless , Kendra N. Beckwith , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Bar Association: MiletichCohen, PC, Nancy L. Cohen , Lauren H. Lantero , Denver, Colorado, Montgomery Little & Soran, PC, Christopher B. Little , Greenwood Village, Colorado.

En Banc


¶ 1 This case principally requires us to decide whether dissatisfied beneficiaries of a testator's estate have standing to bring legal malpractice or contract claims against the attorney who drafted the testator's estate planning documents.1 Specifically, petitioners...

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