PETERSON v. ISSENHUTH

No. 26669.

842 N.W.2d 351 (2014)

2014 S.D. 1

Dennis PETERSON and Debra Peterson, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Thomas M. ISSENHUTH and Issenhuth & Leibel, LLP, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 8, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. of Johnson, Heidepriem & Abdallah, LLP, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Bruce M. Ford , Watertown, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiffs and appellants.

Dennis C. McFarland , Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorney for defendants and appellees.


WILBUR, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Dennis and Debra Peterson (Petersons) sued their attorney, Thomas Issenhuth and Issenhuth and Leibel, LLP (Issenhuth), for legal malpractice claiming that Issenhuth failed to properly represent Petersons' interests in a breach of contract action brought against Petersons by H & S Builders, Inc. (H & S). The circuit court denied Petersons relief in the legal malpractice action for failing...

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