Craig A. Reichel v. Wendland Utz, LTD

Syllabus

1. In an interlocutory appeal from a partial final judgment under Minn. R. Civ. P. 54.02, the court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to decide claims still pending in the district court. 2. To satisfy the but-for causation element of a legal malpractice claim premised on professional negligence, when the appellant is alleging that it incurred substantial attorney fees to correct the harm caused by a law firm's negligence in a litigation matter, the appellant need only show that the alleged harm would not have occurred but for the law firm's negligence. Reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.