Legal Opinion
Kranendonk v. Gregory & Swapp, PLLC
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided February 13, 2014No. 20120660-CAPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOROS, Judge:
4 1 This legal malpractice claim involves a case within a case. Jodi Kranendonk was injured in an Oregon traffic accident. She retained Gregory & Swapp, PLLC and Erik Highberg (the Attorneys) to bring a negli-genee action against two truck drivers (the Truckers). The Attorneys twice failed to perfect service of process on the Truckers; as a result, Kranendonk's Oregon negligence case was ultimately dismissed. Kranendonk sued the Attorneys in Utah for malpractice and fraud. The Attorneys admit that they mishandled the Oregon case but maintain that because that case lacked merit,…
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