Metzker v. Slocum

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• reasoning that there must be “a much more certain, direct, and foreseeable connection between the lawyer’s negligence and the third party’s injury than exists in the present case”
• action upon behalf of minor child against attorney retained by husband and wife to perfect adoption of minor, which attorney allegedly failed to perfect, leading to minor’s loss of support upon divorce
• action upon behalf of minor child against attorney retained by husband and wife to perfect adoption of minor, which attorney allegedly failed to perfect, leading to minor's loss of support upon divorce
• action upon behalf of minor child against attorney retained by husband and wife to perfect adoption of minor, which attorney allegedly failed to perfect, leading to minor's loss of support upon divorce

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).