Legal Opinion
Phil Watson, PC v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 5, 2002No. 00-1271PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
Gregory Peterson left the law firm with which he had been associated and joined a new firm. He continued to represent several clients with whom he had been working in his old firm. The firm, Phil Watson, P.C. (Watson), sued Peterson, his new partnership, Elverson, Vasey, and Peterson, L.L.P. (EVP), and the partners individually, on several theories, and the defendants counterclaimed. The district court entered its judgment, and both parties appealed. We modify and .affirm on both appeals.
I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.
Peterson was an associate in the Watson firm for twelve…
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