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BENJAMIN v. SINGLETON

No. 77684-3-I.

436 P.3d 389 (2019)

Andrew Lee BENJAMIN, as Successor Administrator of the Estate of Lue Alice Green, Appellant, v. Dalynne SINGLETON and John Doe Singleton, her Husband, and the Marital Community Composed Thereof, and Law Office of B. Craig Courley, PLLC, a Washington Professional Limited Liability Company, d/b/a Gourley Law Group, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

PUBLICATION ORDERED February 28, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Gould , Law Office of Robert B. Gould, PO Box 6227, Edmonds, WA, 98026-1200, for Appellant.

Rodney L. Umberger Jr. , Daniel Velloth , Williams Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, 601 Union St. Ste. 4100, Seattle, WA, 98101-2380, for Respondent.

¶ 1 Successor administrator Andrew Benjamin appeals the dismissal of his legal malpractice claim against Dalynne Singleton, the attorney for predecessor administrator Leonardo Monk. Because "neither an estate beneficiary nor a successor personal representative has privity of contract to bring a malpractice cause of action" against...

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