First Nat. Bank of Clovis v. Diane, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that while lawyer was not liable for his error in judgment on unsettled legal issue, jury properly considered whether lawyer was negligent for failing to inform client of risk created by unsettled law that recommendation was based upon
• recognizing the ability of a client to \assign[] only the proceeds and not the right of [a legal malpractice] action\
• recognizing the ability of a client to \assign[] only the proceeds and not the right of [a legal malpractice] action\
• recognizing attorney's duty to warn client of potential liability and exposure under existing law
• \It is not the fact that defendant incorrectly interpreted the statutes that renders him liable; it is the failure to warn of potential liability to the client of adverse consequences which could result.\
• “It is not the fact that defendant incorrectly interpreted the statutes that renders him liable; it is the failure to warn of potential liability to the chent of adverse consequences which could result.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).