Anderson v. O'Brien
Connecticut Superior Court
2005 WL 3624382 (2005)
Relevant factsFree
Manko (defendant), the O'Briens' (defendants) attorney, undertook to also represent the elderly, ill Anderson (plaintiff) as seller in the same transaction, but the resulting contract omitted her promised life estate in a cottage, and at closing neither Manko nor the O'Briens let her read or have the documents read to her before she signed away her home; Manko moved to dismiss Anderson's malpractice and fiduciary-duty claims for failure to state a claim.
IssueFree
Whether attorneys owe their clients both a professional duty of competent representation and a fiduciary duty of loyalty.