Add to ORKGUnder Maryland case law, a plaintiff in an estate planning malpractice action must be in strict privity with the attorney who drafted the will. To date, Maryland has not extended the third-party beneficiary exception to the estate planning arena. Legatees specifically identified in a will by name or class are generally precluded from bringing a cause of action against the attorney for the attorney\u27s alleged negligence, because in Maryland in order to recover for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must:show: (1) the attorney\u27s employment; (2) his neglect of a reasonable duty; and (3) loss to the client proximately caused by that neglect of duty. See Noble v. Bruce, 349 Md. 730,739 (citing Flanherty v. Weinberg, 303 Md. 116,128 (1985); se...
Two heirs at law, by physical force or by creating a disturbance, prevented decedent from executing ...
In Irresolute Testators, Professor Jane Baron provocatively suggests the existence of two distinct t...
An estate planner may become a defendant in a case involving an estate he or she planned in two main...
Under Maryland case law, a plaintiff in an estate planning malpractice action must be in strict priv...
Even in the best of circumstances, an estate plan may leave intended beneficiaries frustrated. Occas...
In Shoemaker v. Gindlesberger, decided in May of this year, the Ohio Supreme Court held that: “A ben...
Much has been written on malpractice in estate planning, but little or nothing on the damages recove...
In a case of first impression in the Commonwealth, the Supreme Court of Virginia recently considered...
The purpose of this comment is to provide future guidance to Texas courts in structuring a bright-li...
This Note argues that the Nebraska Supreme Court missed an opportunity to reconsider the entrenched ...
In Bowman v. John Doe Two, the Washington Supreme Court considered whether an attorney owes a duty o...
The attorney\u27s preparation of a testamentary document (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a wil...
The complaint alleged that testatrix who had executed a will leaving her whole estate to defendants ...
As the number of malpractice cases against members of all professions continues to increase, it seem...
This Note surveys the development of the strict-privity rule in Ohio and other jurisdictions and wil...
Two heirs at law, by physical force or by creating a disturbance, prevented decedent from executing ...
In Irresolute Testators, Professor Jane Baron provocatively suggests the existence of two distinct t...
An estate planner may become a defendant in a case involving an estate he or she planned in two main...
Under Maryland case law, a plaintiff in an estate planning malpractice action must be in strict priv...
Even in the best of circumstances, an estate plan may leave intended beneficiaries frustrated. Occas...
In Shoemaker v. Gindlesberger, decided in May of this year, the Ohio Supreme Court held that: “A ben...
Much has been written on malpractice in estate planning, but little or nothing on the damages recove...
In a case of first impression in the Commonwealth, the Supreme Court of Virginia recently considered...
The purpose of this comment is to provide future guidance to Texas courts in structuring a bright-li...
This Note argues that the Nebraska Supreme Court missed an opportunity to reconsider the entrenched ...
In Bowman v. John Doe Two, the Washington Supreme Court considered whether an attorney owes a duty o...
The attorney\u27s preparation of a testamentary document (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a wil...
The complaint alleged that testatrix who had executed a will leaving her whole estate to defendants ...
As the number of malpractice cases against members of all professions continues to increase, it seem...
This Note surveys the development of the strict-privity rule in Ohio and other jurisdictions and wil...
Two heirs at law, by physical force or by creating a disturbance, prevented decedent from executing ...
In Irresolute Testators, Professor Jane Baron provocatively suggests the existence of two distinct t...
An estate planner may become a defendant in a case involving an estate he or she planned in two main...