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Start Over Descriptor "*ACTIONS & defenses (Law)" Topic lawyers Topic reasonable care (law) Publication Year Range Last 3 years Journal commercial & business litigation
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1. Hidden Clients: When Do Lawyers Owe Nonclients a Duty of Care?

Author

LeBoff, Michael S.

Subjects
*REASONABLE care (Law), *LAWYERS, *ATTORNEY malpractice, *ESTATE planning, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *ATTORNEY & client
Abstract

As an attorney that regularly handles legal malpractice cases, I frequently recite the standard elements of a professional negligence claim: duty, breach, causation and damages. Attorneys must recognize that when a client provides instructions intended to benefit a third party, the attorney may owe a duty of care to those intended beneficiaries of the attorney's services. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2023

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