Court Opinion

ID: 9861846
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 00:47:36.855907+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:29:31.299835
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PEDERSON, Surrogate Judge,
concurring specially.
The rulings in the cases of Dunseith Sand & Gravel Co. v. Albrecht, 379 N.W.2d 803 (N.D.1986) and Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. v. Albrecht, 379 N.W.2d 266 (N.D.1985) constitute a significant departure from the precedent generally followed while I was a Justice of this court. In treating an appeal from a Notice of Entry of Judgment as an appeal from the judgment itself, we take an additional step away from established precedent. I, never-the-less, concur because I think that we should be reexamining the validity of punishing clients for the neglect in the preciseness of their attorney. A further refinement may be necessary.
A few of the decisions which are reversed, at least in part are: Moore v. N.D. Workmen’s Comp. Bur., 374 N.W.2d 71 (N.D.1985); Cook v. Cook, 364 N.W.2d 74 (N.D.1985); Martinson Bros. v. Hjellum, 359 N.W.2d 865 (N.D.1985); Union State Bank v. Miller, 358 N.W.2d 222 (N.D.1984); Eisenzimmer v. City of Balfour, 352 *493N.W.2d 628 (N.D.1984); Kilzer v. Binstock, 339 N.W.2d 569 (N.D.1983); Sacchini v. Dickinson State College, 338 N.W.2d 81 (N.D.1983); Aasmundstad v. Dickinson State College, 337 N.W.2d 792 (N.D.1983); Jensen v. Zuern, 336 N.W.2d 330 (N.D.1983); Gauer v. Klemetson, 333 N.W.2d 436 (N.D.1983); Airvator, Inc. v. Turtle Mountain Mfg. Co., 329 N.W.2d 596 (N.D.1983); In Interest of R.A.S., 321 N.W.2d 468 (N.D.1982); Piccagli v. N.D. State Health Dept., 319 N.W.2d 484 (N.D.1982); First Nat. Bank of Hettinger v. Dangerud, 316 N.W.2d 102 (N.D.1982); and Gebeke v. Arthur Mercantile Co., 138 N.W.2d 796 (N.D.1965).