Legal Opinion
Griffith v. Taylor
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 1997No. S-6011, S-6021PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal requires us to review the superior court’s grant of summary judgment on a claim for professional malpractice against a law firm and an individual member of the firm. Specifically, we examine the scope of the duty which a law firm owes its former clients, as well as the scope of the duty which the individual attorney owes in the factual context of this ease. We reverse in part the superior court’s grant of summary judgment.
II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Joe Griffith owned a piece of real property located at 1543 Porchet Way in Fairbanks. Joe and…
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