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KRAWCZYK v. STINGLE

(13313), (13314)

208 Conn. 239 (1988)

JOSEPHINE KRAWCZYK ET AL. v. KATHLEEN D. STINGLE ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Flaherty, with whom, on the brief, were Kenneth P. Namnoum, Jr., and Lorinda S. Coon, for the appellant-appellee in the first case (defendant Trantolo and Trantolo, P.C.).

Joseph T. Sweeney, for the appellant in the second case (named defendant).

Peter N. Upton, with whom, on the brief, was Ellen A. Conway, for the appellees-appellants in the first case, appellees in the second case (plaintiffs).

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, GLASS, COVELLO and HULL, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

The dispositive question in this appeal is whether an attorney's negligent failure to arrange for timely execution of estate planning documents permits the intended beneficiaries of the estate to pursue a cause of action for legal malpractice. The plaintiffs, Josephine Krawczyk, Stella K. Rabiega, Genevieve Krawczyk, Helaine Kania, Francis Krawczyk, Edmund Krawczyk and Henry Taylor, relatives of the decedent, Joseph C. Krawczyk, brought suit against...

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