Traub v. Washington

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting an argument that the plaintiff could not pursue “duplicative” claims for both breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice because a plaintiff has “the right to plead alternative theories”
• affirming denial of summary judgment on a claim for legal malpractice when expert testimony supported a conclusion that the attorney had ignored a conflict, resulting in damage to the client
• probate court has jurisdiction over a claim that an executor has breached a fiduciary duty
• “[T]he probate court has exclusive, original jurisdiction over a claim that an executor has breached a fiduciary duty.”
• A jury issue existed as to whether an attorney committed 18 legal malpractice when he allegedly represented multiple clients after conflicts arose and he took action adverse to a client.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).