Legal Opinion
Perl v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 17, 1984No. C9-83-125PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
On cross-motions' for summary judgment, the trial court held that a lawyer’s malpractice insurance policy covers the insured lawyer and his firm for attorney fees forfeited by the lawyer to his client for breach of a fiduciary duty. We affirm coverage for the law firm but reverse as to coverage for the individual lawyer.
Plaintiff-respondents Norman Perl and his law firm, DeParcq, Anderson, Perl, Hunegs & Rudquist, P.A., commenced this declaratory judgment action against their malpractice carrier, defendant-appellant St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, to determine…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Larson v. ChaseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Arenson v. National Automobile & Casualty InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Lazenby Ex Rel. Lazenby v. Universal Underwriters InsuranceTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- Esmond v. LISCIOSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Dayton Hudson Corp. v. American Mutual Liability Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
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