Bennett v. Gentile

Madelyn Bennett, Individually and as Successor Trustee of the Pauline A. Bennett Revocable Living Trust v. Thomas A. Gentile, No. 25, September Term, 2023. Opinion by Gould, J. ATTORNEY MALPRACTICE – STRICT PRIVITY RULE The Supreme Court held that the strict privity rule set out in Noble v. Bruce,

349 Md. 730

(1998), is still good law. Applying the doctrine of stare decisis, the Supreme Court held that the strict privity rule applies in legal malpractice cases when a beneficiary under the inter vivos trust sues the attorney who advised a decedent in the estate planning context. ATTORNEY…