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Rule Set 13 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Civil - cited by 588 documents
Rule Set 13 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Civil - cited by 588 documents
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13-2403. Legal malpractice; negligence and standard of care.
A lawyer has a duty to use the same degree of care, skill, and diligence ordinarily used by attorneys under similar circumstances. A lawyer who fails to do so is negligent.
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This instruction should be used in a legal malpractice case in which an attorney’s negligence is alleged to have caused injury or harm.
If the case also involves a legal malpractice claim based on a breach of fiduciary duty by the defendant, the instruction for that claim should be given. See UJI 13-2404 NMRA.
[Adopted by Supreme Court Order No. 17-8300-013, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2017.]
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