Togstad v. Vesely, Otto, Miller & Keefe

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that an attorney-client relationship arises when a person “seeks and receives legal advice from an attorney in circumstances in which a reasonable person would rely on such advice”
• noting that an attorney-client relationship exists “whenever an individual seeks and receives legal advice from an attorney in circumstances in which a reasonable person would rely on such advice”
• stating plaintiff must produce sufficient evidence that plaintiff would have been successful in medical malpractice action before plaintiff is entitled to damages for attorney’s negligent failure to warn about statute of limitations
• attorney advising plaintiff that no claim existed, but that he would call her back if he changed his opinion after he consulted with his partner, constituted attorney-client relationship
• a jury could conclude that an attorney, with whom plaintiff consulted about a possible medical malpractice claim of her husband and who declined case and did not advise her of statute of limitations, was negligent
• a jury could conclude that an attorney, with whom plaintiff consulted about a possible medical malpractice claim of her husband and who declined case and did not advise her of statute of limitations, was negligent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).