Legal Opinion
Carlson v. Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided September 3, 1991No. CX-91-65PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETERSON, Judge.
Appellant Dennis Carlson sued respondent Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., and two of its attorneys, respondents John Erhart and Jerome Pederson, for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty. The trial court granted respondents’ motion for summary judgment and Carlson appeals. We affirm.
FACTS
Carlson first hired respondents on December 5, 1985. He subsequently asked them to represent him in his disputes with Irwin Jacobs and C.O.M.B. Co. Jacobs threatened to sue Carlson to enforce an alleged oral agreement that required Carlson to sell Jacobs 500,000 shares of C.O.M.B.…
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