• 1996 - Legal Negligence (Elements)
  • C-15.00
    • Lawyers
    • Negligence
    • Tort Liability
    • Tort Liability

  • To establish a Claim for negligence, the Plaintiff must prove by the greater weight of evidence:

     

    1) a lawyer-client relationship;

     

    2) a duty by the lawyer to the client;

     

    3) the lawyer's breach of that duty; and

     

    4) damage to the client proximately caused by the breach of duty.

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    • 12.1-01-03(1)(e)
    • 12.1-01-03(3)
    • 12.1-01-04(23)
    • 12.1-09-01(1)
    • Bye v. Mack, 519 NW2d 302 (ND 1994)
    • State v. Howe, 247 NW2d 647 (ND 1976)
    • Wastvedt v. Vaaler, 430 NW2d 561 (ND 1988)
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