Legal Opinion

David MacLeish v. Boardman & Clark LLP

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided March 26, 2019No. 2016AP002491PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAnn Walsh Bradley, J.

*54 ¶1 The petitioners, collectively the MacLeish children, 1 seek review of an unpublished court of appeals decision affirming the circuit court's order dismissing their legal malpractice claim against the law firm that administered their father's estate. 2 The court of appeals assumed without deciding that the MacLeish children *801 could bring a claim for legal malpractice based on the negligent administration of an estate. It nevertheless affirmed the circuit court's dismissal of the claim against the Boardman law firm 3 because the children failed to demonstrate that the firm's alleged…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Green Spring Farms v. KerstenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Newhouse Ex Rel. Skow v. Citizens Security Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Chem-Age Industries, Inc. v. GloverSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Auric v. Continental Casualty Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1983
  5. State v. PopenhagenWisconsin Supreme Court · 2008

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  3. David MacLeish v. Boardman & Clark LLPWisconsin Supreme Court · 2019
  4. Hebron Community Methodist Church v. Wisconsin Conference Board of Trustees of the United Methodist Church, Inc.District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2022
  5. Pence v. SlateCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2019

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