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Breton v. Clyde, Snow & Sessions

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided March 14, 2013No. 20110996-CAPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Memorandum Decision

CHRISTIANSEN, Judge:

{1 This is a legal malpractice action sounding in negligence and breach of contract arising from a law firm's representation of a cotrustee. We affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the law firm.

12 Neil Breton, a cotrustee of his father's trust, which is known as the Testamentary Grandchildren's Trust (the Trust), sought counsel from the law firm Clyde Snow & Sessions and attorney Hal Swenson (collectively, Clyde Snow) regarding longstanding "intra-family disputes" with some of the beneficiaries of the Trust as well as with…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Harline v. BarkerUtah Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Steffensen v. Smith's Management Corp.Utah Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Sunward Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
  4. Kilpatrick v. Wiley, Rein & FieldingCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1996
  5. Steffensen v. Smith's Management Corp.Court of Appeals of Utah · 1991

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  5. True v. Utah Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2018

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