Redies v. Attorneys Liability Protection Society

I. Introduction

¶78 I believe that the “first-party” theory of liability set forth in Justice Cotter’s Dissent-that Redies was Addy’s client-was the correct approach for analyzing Redies claims against Addy. Thus, the contention that an attorney retained by a conservator does not also *259represent the protected person-though the attorney was retained specifically to advise or assist the conservator in the administration of the protected person’s estate-was not “a reasonable basis in law” under § 33-18-242(5), MCA, for contesting the protected person’s legal malpractice claim. I therefore disagree…