Legal Opinion
Klem v. Greenwood
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided January 18, 1990No. Civ. 890188PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.
Ernest Klem appealed from a district court order1 dismissing his legal malpractice action against the defendants, Mark L. Greenwood and the law firm of Greenwood, *740Greenwood & Greenwood, P.C. We reverse and remand.
After a mistrial on two counts of gross sexual imposition, Klem retained the Greenwood law firm to defend him in a second trial on those charges. A jury found Klem guilty on both counts, and he was incarcerated in the State Penitentiary in January 1988. Klem retained a different attorney and appealed his conviction to this court. In State v. Klem, 438 N.W.2d…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Sheets v. Letnes, Marshall & Fiedler, Ltd.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
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