$ 1 Million in Legal Malpractice for failing to communicate a settlement Offer

Attorney represented infant in a medical malpractice case.  Case was valued at $ 20 Million.  Just prior to trial, defendants offered $ 1 Million.  Attorney rejected, tried and lost the case.  Later, he asked the client for $ 160,000 in disbursements.  She refused.

Case then went on to a legal malpractice in which it was agreed that attorney had no paper proof that he communicated the offer.  Jury verdict for $1 million 

This blurb thanks toFish Law firm.

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