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Opinions in Minnesota that cite Marker v. Greenberg, 313 N.W.2d 4.

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Wayne E. Hukriede, et al., Appellants, Minn. Ct. App. 2023
Summary Judgment Against Helen and Wayne “[A]n attorney is liable for professional negligence only to a person with whom the attorney has an attorney-client relationship.” see Minn. R. Prof.
Thomas Sullivan, as guardian and conservator for Marc L. Beeman, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2019
Sec. Bank & Trust Co. v. Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. 916 N.W.2d 491 Minn. 2018
Sec. Bank & Trust Co. v. Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. 916 N.W.2d 491 Minn. 2018
Marker v. Greenberg , , 5 (Minn. 1981) (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted) .
Security Bank & Trust Co. v. Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. 897 N.W.2d 821 Minn. Ct. App. 2017
Security Bank & Trust Co. v. Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. 897 N.W.2d 821 Minn. Ct. App. 2017
Thomas B. Olson & Associates, P.A. v. Leffert, Jay & Polglaze, P.A. 756 N.W.2d 907 Minn. Ct. App. 2008
Thomas B. Olson & Associates, P.A. v. Leffert, Jay & Polglaze, P.A. 756 N.W.2d 907 Minn. Ct. App. 2008
L & H Airco, -79 (Minn.1989) (holding that attorney did not have duty to non-clients to investigate arbitrator’s impartiality because of duty to “zealously represent [his] client and resolve all doubts in favor of the client”); -6 (Minn.1981) (holding that attorney who drafted deed conveying real property in joint tenancy did not owe fiduciary duty to surviving tenant who was not client); see also McIntosh County Bank v. Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, (holding that attorney does not owe fiduciar
McIntosh County Bank v. Dorsey & Whitney, LLP 745 N.W.2d 538 Minn. 2008
McIntosh County Bank v. Dorsey & Whitney, LLP 745 N.W.2d 538 Minn. 2008
McIntosh County Bank v. Dorsey & Whitney, LLP 726 N.W.2d 108 Minn. Ct. App. 2007
McIntosh County Bank v. Dorsey & Whitney, LLP 726 N.W.2d 108 Minn. Ct. App. 2007
Pine Island Farmers Coop v. Erstad & Riemer, P.A. 649 N.W.2d 444 Minn. 2002
Pine Island Farmers Coop v. Erstad & Riemer, P.A. 649 N.W.2d 444 Minn. 2002
We have recognized an exception to this rule, extending an attorney’s duty to a non-client in a “narrow range of factual situations in which the client's sole purpose in retaining an attorney is to benefit directly some third party.” see Admiral Merchs.
Witzman v. Lehrman, Lehrman & Flom 601 N.W.2d 179 Minn. 1999
Witzman v. Lehrman, Lehrman & Flom 601 N.W.2d 179 Minn. 1999
Francis v. Piper 597 N.W.2d 922 Minn. Ct. App. 1999
Francis v. Piper 597 N.W.2d 922 Minn. Ct. App. 1999
I. An attorney is liable for professional negligence “to a person with whom the attorney has an attorney-client relationship.” see Minn. R. Prof.
Goldberger v. Kaplan, Strangis & Kaplan, P.A. 534 N.W.2d 734 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
Goldberger v. Kaplan, Strangis & Kaplan, P.A. 534 N.W.2d 734 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
Generally, an attorney is liable for professional malpractice “only to a person with whom the attorney has an attorney-client relationship.”
Holmes v. Winners Entertainment, Inc. 531 N.W.2d 502 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
Holmes v. Winners Entertainment, Inc. 531 N.W.2d 502 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
An attorney may be held liable to a nonclient when “the Ghent’s sole purpose in retaining an attorney is to benefit directly [that] third party.”
CPJ Enterprises, Inc. v. Gernander 521 N.W.2d 622 Minn. Ct. App. 1994
CPJ Enterprises, Inc. v. Gernander 521 N.W.2d 622 Minn. Ct. App. 1994
Thus, a lawyer is liable for malpractice “only to a person with whom the attorney has an attorney-client relationship and not, in the absence of special circumstances such as fraud or improper motive, to anyone else.”
Admiral Merchants Motor Freight, Inc. v. O'Connor & Hannan 494 N.W.2d 261 Minn. 1992
Admiral Merchants Motor Freight, Inc. v. O'Connor & Hannan 494 N.W.2d 261 Minn. 1992
Schuler v. Meschke 435 N.W.2d 156 Minn. Ct. App. 1989
Schuler v. Meschke 435 N.W.2d 156 Minn. Ct. App. 1989
the supreme court stated the general rule that an attorney is liable only to one with whom he has an attorney-client relationship.
Franko v. Mitchell 762 P.2d 1345 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1988
Gillespie v. Klun 406 N.W.2d 547 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
Gillespie v. Klun 406 N.W.2d 547 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
Cook v. Connolly 353 N.W.2d 184 Minn. Ct. App. 1984