McCormick International USA, Inc. v. Shore

HORTON, Justice.

Roberta Shore (Roberta) retained attorney Nicholas Bokides (Bokides) to represent her in her divorce from William Shore (William). Pursuant to the divorce decree, William took all interest in the couple’s business, Bear River Equipment, Inc. (Bear River), a farm equipment dealership. Roberta had instructed Bokides to provide notice to McCormick International USA, Inc. (McCormick), a Bear River creditor, that she would no longer personally guarantee its advances. Bokides never provided the notice, and McCormick sued Roberta to enforce the guarantee. Roberta brought a third…