ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER v. LUCIANI

No. 39315.

293 P.3d 661 (2013)

In the Matter of the Order Certifying Question To Idaho Supreme Court. ST. LUKE'S MAGIC VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas R. LUCIANI, Stamper, Rubens, Stocker & Smith, P.S., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho. Boise, December 2012 Term.

January 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Julian & Hull, LLP, Boise; and Crowell & Moring, LLP, San Francisco, California, for appellant. Ethan P. Schulman argued.

Trout Jones Gledhill Fuhrman Gourley, P.A., Boise; Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Betts Patterson & Mines, P.S., Seattle, Washington, for respondents. Kay Nord Hunt argued.


J. JONES, Justice.

We are asked in a certified question of law from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho (District Court) whether a legal malpractice claim that is transferred to an assignee in a commercial transaction, along with other business assets and liabilities, is assignable. We answer in the affirmative.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Thomas R. Luciani and his law firm, Stamper, Rubens, Stocker & Smith...

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