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BROWN v. JACOBS

Record No. 140270.

768 S.E.2d 421 (2015)

Debara D. BROWN, Executor of the Estate of Arthur Gregory Brown v. Sherwin John JACOBS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 26, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Obenshain (Obenshain Law Group, on briefs), for appellant.

Grant D. Penrod , Harrisonburg ( M. Bruce Wallinger ; Hoover Penrod , on briefs), for appellee.

PRESENT: LEMONS, C.J., GOODWYN, MILLETTE, MIMS, and POWELL, JJ., and RUSSELL and KOONTZ, S.JJ.

In this appeal, we consider whether there is a special relationship between an attorney and a private investigator hired by that attorney to serve process, which imposes a duty upon the attorney to warn the private investigator of potential danger from criminal assault by a third party.

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