STENDER v. BLESSUM

No. 15-2016.

897 N.W.2d 491 (2017)

Melissa STENDER, Appellant, v. Anthony Zane BLESSUM, Appellee, Minnesota Lawyers Mut. Ins. Co., Intervenor-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roxanne Barton Conlin of Roxanne Conlin & Associates, P.C., Des Moines, and Laurie Anne Stewart of Stewart Law & Mediation, P.L.L.C., Panora, for appellant.

David L. Brown and Alexander E. Wonio of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for appellee.

Richard J. Thomas of Burke & Thomas, PLLP, Arden Hills, Minnesota, for intervenor-appellee.


A plaintiff brought claims against her former attorney for legal malpractice, assault and battery, and punitive damages. At the close of the plaintiff's case, the district court granted the defendant's motion for directed verdict on two legal malpractice claims: one regarding the preparation of a will and the other for breach of...

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