Legal Opinion
Linda Kowalski, N.K.A. Linda Larochelle v. Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury and Murphy, Attorneys at Law
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 26, 1986No. 85-1766PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction over defendant, a professional law firm corporation. New Hampshire residents Linda Kowalski, n/k/a Linda Larochelle (Larochelle), and her two children, brought this malpractice diversity suit in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire against the Massachusetts law firm of Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury and Murphy in April 1985. Plaintiffs-appellants sought damages for the alleged wrongful dismissal of a wrongful death action against the man who, in October 1970, murdered Robert…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Gray v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1961
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3Cited by140 opinions
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