Atkinson v. IHC Hospitals, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that any duty attorney owes to third party is derivative of his duty to client, and not owed to adversary in litigation
• courts consider who the attorney claimed to have represented as shown by the pleadings and other documents; the existence of an employment contract or retainer agreement; and the parties' admissions about the relationship
• listing the elements of negligent misrepresentation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).