Legal Opinion
Wartnick v. Moss & Barnett
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 2, 1992No. C6-91-564PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDEBRING, Justice.
This case arises out of a malpractice action filed by Norman Wartnick against his attorney Phillip Gainsley and Gainsley’s law firm Moss & Barnett. After Norman Wartnick’s former employee and recent competitor Robert Nachtsheim, Sr. (the decedent) was murdered in May 1973, Wart-nick retained Gainsley as counsel during the police investigation. Gainsley also advised and assisted Wartnick in recovering the proceeds of a life insurance policy Wartnick’s company, Midwest Florist Supply Company (Midwest), had held on the decedent. Gainsley continued to represent Wartnick after…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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