Legal Opinion
Law Capital, Inc. v. Kettering
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 21, 2013No. 26523PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 the money: Bob Law of Law Capital, Inc. (Law). In addition to their attorney-client relationship, Law and Kettering had been partners in at least one of Law’s…
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