UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV402
Elements of claim for legal malpractice.
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] negligently performed legal services. To succeed on this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove three things:
(1) [he] and [name of defendant] had an attorney-client relationship;
(2) [name of defendant] failed to use the same degree of care, skill, judgment and diligence used by reasonably careful attorneys under similar circumstances; and
(3) [name of defendant]'s failure to use that degree of care was a cause of [name of plaintiff]'s harm.
Provenance
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- legacy.utcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-22
- Edition
- 2026-08-21
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