Professional Fiduciary, Inc. v. Silverman

OPINION

MINGE, Judge.

Appellants Steven Silverman and Progressive Casualty Insurance present a certified question whether respondent Professional Fiduciary, personal representative for the estate of Kory Erickson, is precluded from bringing a malpractice claim against attorney Silverman because (1) the personal representative is conflicted by its association .with Western National Insurance, a party adverse to the decedent in the lawsuit out of which the malpractice claim arose; (2) the malpractice suit is a de facto, impermissible assignment of the decedent’s claim against Silverman; or (3)…