LAW CAPITAL, INC. v. KETTERING

No. 26523.

836 N.W.2d 642 (2013)

2013 S.D. 66

LAW CAPITAL, INC a/k/a Law Capital, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Diane KETTERING, Personal Representative of the Douglas R. Kettering Estate, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Hosmer , Yankton, South Dakota, Attorney for plaintiff and appellant.

William Fuller of Fuller & Williamson, LLP, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant and appellee.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] This is a legal malpractice case against a deceased attorney's estate. The circuit court granted summary judgment for the estate.

Background

[¶ 2.] In December 2005, Thomas Konrad urgently needed $225,000. No bank would lend him the money. He discussed his problem with Attorney Douglas Kettering, who had performed legal services for him in the past. Kettering told Thomas that he knew a person who could lend him...

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