Shoemaker v. Gindlesberger

{¶ 1} This discretionary appeal invites us to review Simon v. Zipperstein (1987), 32 Ohio St.3d 74, 512 N.E.2d 636, which establishes that an attorney is not liable to third persons arising from his good-faith performance of acts on behalf of a client. For the reasons that follow, we decline the invitation to overrule Zipperstein and instead hold that a beneficiary of a decedent’s will may not maintain a negligence action against an attorney for the preparation of a deed that results in increased tax for the estate.

I. Case Background

{¶ 2} Margaret Schlegel, the decedent, was a client of…