Dickey v. Jansen

OPINION

LEVY, Justice.

Appellant, Kathleen Jackson Dickey, individually and as next friend of her living *582descendants, sued her late brother’s attorney, Donald 0. Jansen, and his law firm, Fulbright & Jaworski, for the negligent preparation of her brother’s will. Dickey’s deceased brother, Reaves Whitney Jackson, Jr., had employed Jansen to create a trust for the lifetime benefit of his wife, Sarah Schooler Jackson, with the remainder payable to appellants. The trust was to have included mineral interests located in Louisiana. However, Louisiana law does not recognize as valid and enforceable…