Frei Ex Rel. Frei v. Goodsell

OPINION

By the Court,

Parraguirre, J.:

In this appeal, appellant Emil Frei, III, challenges the district court’s refusal to apply the doctrine of issue preclusion and its application of the parol evidence rule in an attorney malpractice action. Before filing the malpractice action, Frei sued the trustee of his deceased wife’s estate, claiming that the trustee had improperly transferred Frei’s assets into the trust. In that trust action, Frei successfully sought to disqualify respondent Daniel Goodsell, the attorney who prepared the trust documents, from representing the trustee, based on the…