Ike W. Thrash v. Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, LLP.

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises from a trial court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing Ike Thrash’s and Dawn Invest^ ments LLC’s claims for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty against Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, LLP (DKS). DKS filed suit in circuit court against Thrash, Dawn Investments, and U.S. Capital seeking a declaratory judgment that the failure of Joel L. Blaekledge, a former DKS attorney, to conduct a foreclosure sale properly was not the proximate cause of Thrash’s and Dawn Investments’ damages. Thrash and Dawn Investments counterclaimed, alleging that…