Brown v. Small

How courts have described this case

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

• holding expert testimony is ordinarily required in legal malpractice cases to establish the standard of care
• noting that the complexity inherent in some cases makes arriving at a conclusion that is wholly \consistent with the evidence\ difficult if an expert is not provided (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• acknowledging expert testimony unnecessary where misconduct “ ‘is so obvious that no reasonable juror could not comprehend the lawyer’s breach of duty”’ (citation and emphasis omitted)
• requiring expert testimony to establish attorney standard of care in case involving insurance coverage
• court required expert testimony to establish attorney standard of care for case presenting insurance coverage questions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McKay v. Owens
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1997-05-20· cited 61×
• Loney v. Milodragovich, Dale & Dye, P.C.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1995-10-30· cited 49×
• Taft v. Taft
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2016-06-30· cited 34×
• Traders State Bank of Poplar v. Mann
  Montana Supreme Court· 1993-05-13· cited 26×
• In Re the Marriage of Hopper
  Montana Supreme Court· 1999-12-09· cited 19×
• Preston & Chambers, P.C. v. Koller
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1997-07-31· cited 18×
• In Re the Marriage of Miller
  Montana Supreme Court· 1995-09-21· cited 17×
• Falcon v. Faulkner
  Montana Supreme Court· 1995-09-29· cited 14×
• In Re the Marriage of Nordberg
  Montana Supreme Court· 1994-06-21· cited 13×
• Harline v. Barker
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1993-05-27· cited 12×
• Wise v. Nirider
  Montana Supreme Court· 1993-11-02· cited 10×
• In Re the Marriage of Miller
  Montana Supreme Court· 1993-08-10· cited 5×
• Keller v. Albright
  D. Utah· 1997-11-17· cited 5×
• Traders State Bank of Poplar v. Man
  Montana Supreme Court· 1993-03-13
• Hawkins v. Cox
  Montana Supreme Court· 1995-12-12

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carlson v. Morton
  Montana Supreme Court· 1987-11-24· cited 52×
• LaChance v. McKown
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-02-08· cited 34×
• Fey v. A. A. Oil Corp.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1955-07-25· cited 30×
• Rowland v. Klies
  Montana Supreme Court· 1986-10-06· cited 25×
• Salway v. Arkava
  Montana Supreme Court· 1985-02-21· cited 20×