Trask v. Butler

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an attorney hired by a personal representative does not owe a duty to estate or beneficiaries that would allow heirs to bring a malpractice action against attorney because there is no privity of contract
• stating that \[t]he intent to benefit the plaintiff is the first and threshold inquiry\ in determining existence of duty to non-clients
• stating that “[t]he intent to benefit the plaintiff is the first and threshold inquiry” in determining existence of duty to non-clients
• holding that an attorney hired by a personal representative does not owe a duty to estate or beneficiaries that would allow heirs to bring a malpractice action against attorney because there is no privity of contract
• refusing to reach the merits on a cause of action that the plaintiff failed to allege in his complaint
• refusing to reach the merits on a cause of action that the plaintiff failed to allege in his complaint

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