Goodrich v. Goodrich

This case comes before us on interlocutory appeal from an order, see SUP. Ct. R. 8, by the Superior Court (Vaughan, J.) denying a motion filed by the plaintiffs, Jeffrey and Peter Goodrich, that sought to disqualify the law firm of Clauson Atwood & Spaneas from representing the defendants, Morgan Goodrich, Crystal Goodrich and Attorney K. William Clauson, in the instant litigation. Two questions were transferred:

A. Did the trial court err, as a matter of law, [by] applying [an] incorrect legal standard [in] determining whether defendants’ legal counsel should be disqualified where defendants’…