Robertson v. Gaston Snow & Ely Bartlett

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing, but not resolving, conflict between traditional standard of review for findings based on documentary evidence and rule 52 [a]
• observing that any claim by 16 a shareholder alleging a breach of duty to the corporation must 17 be through a derivative action
• recognizing attorney may be civilly sued in tort for negligent representation
• in order to recover under negligent or fraudulent misrepresentation theory based on omission, there must be a duty to disclose
• the plaintiff was told that his job was at risk and wrote a letter voicing his concern thereby evidencing lack of reasonable reliance
• “[A]n attorney owes a duty to nonclients who the attorney knows will rely on the services rendered”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).