Rice v. Perl

OTIS, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiff Cecelia Rice, and a request for review by defendants Norman Perl and the law firm of DeParcq, Anderson, Perl, Hunegs and Rud-quist, (hereinafter “the Perl defendants”), resulting from findings that defendants breached their fiduciary duty to Rice, their client, by failing to disclose their ongoing relationship with defendant Willard Browne, a claims adjuster employed by defendant Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

The Perl firm was paying Browne during the time he was representing Aetna in negotiations with the Perl firm to settle Rice’s claim against…