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· 11/24/1987

Carlson v. Morton

Citations

  • 745 P.2d 1133
  • 229 Mont. 234
  • 44 State Rptr. 1929
  • 1987 Mont. LEXIS 1062

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that reference to rules of professional conduct are not sufficient to show a violation of the standard of care in the absence of expert proof
  • discussing legal malpractice, and determining that expert testimony is required to establish that attorney departed from prevalent standard of care
  • discussing legal malpractice, and determining that expert testimony is required to establish that attorney departed from prevalent standard of care
  • whether a lawyer breached the applicable standard of care in a legal malpractice suit required expert testimony

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Judges: Harrison, Turnage, Gulbrandson, Sheehy, Weber, Hunt, McDonough

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