Legal Opinion
Thomas H. Bergman, Trustee, and United Department Stores Co. No. 1 v. The New England Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 12, 1989No. 88-3196PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
In this Louisiana diversity jurisdiction case the district court granted summary judgment to New England Insurance Company, the malpractice insurer of attorney J.B. Kiefer. New England was sued by Thomas H. Bergman and United Department Stores Company No. 1 (United) for alleged breach of contract and malpractice by Kiefer. Finding no attorney-client relationship extant between Kiefer and appellants and no basis to hold Kiefer liable to a non-client, we affirm.
Background
In late 1984 Anthony Nicholson, president of Nicholson Management and Consultants, Inc., a Florida…
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