Cook, Flanagan & Berst v. Clausing

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• attorney liable for failure to exercise that degree of care, skill and diligence which is commonly possessed and exercised by practicing attorneys in his or her jurisdiction
• attorney not liable for a judgment decision, even though it might not meet with unanimous approval
• generally approving a jury instruction stating an attorney is not liable for malpractice where the method employed to solve a legal problem is one recognized and approved by reasonably skilled attorneys practicing in the community as a proper method in the particular case

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