Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Ogden, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.

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• observing that the question of duty “is always a question of law” that requires “consideration of all the circumstances”
• noting that defending the terms of the will often results in an adversarial relationship between the estate and a beneficiary of the estate
• noting that -10- 1-04-3512 defending the terms of the will often results in an adversarial relationship between the estate and a beneficiary of the estate
• finding that accountant owed duty to remainder benefi- ciaries of decedent’s estate, despite fact that beneficiar- ies were not clients of accountant
• accountant may be liable for estate’s tax assessment when it negligently failed to render advice that could have led to tax avoidance
• estate attorney has no duty to beneficiary due to “potentially adversarial relationship” between estate’s and beneficiary’s interests

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