7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Bovee v. Gravel.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bovee v. Gravel Anchor | green | “the requirement of attorney-client privity to maintain a malpractice action 'ensures that attorneys may in all cases zealously represent their clients without the threat of suit from third parties compromising that representation.” | 3 |
| 2 | Spence v. Wingate | green | “an attorney-client relationship is, by its very nature, a fiduciary relationship” | 3 |
| 3 | Paradigm Insurance v. Langerman Law Offices, P.A. | green | “has a duty to the insurer arising from the understanding that his services are ordinarily intended to benefit both insurer and insured when their interests coincide” | 3 |
| 4 | Fabian v. Lindsay | green | “it is the breach of the attorney's duty to the client that is the actionable conduct in these cases.” | 3 |
| 5 | Fabian v. Lindsay | green | “privity for legal malpractice has traditionally been established by the existence of an attorney-client relationship.” | 3 |
| 6 | Fabian v. Lindsay | green | “however, we specifically rely on the fifth factor-the policy of preventing future harm-in our discussion of the deterrent purpose of tort law, and with our citation to the admonition in fabian that we should not” | 3 |
| 7 | American Federal Bank v. Number One Main Joint Venture | green | “before a claim for malpractice may be asserted, there must exist an attorney-client relationship.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.