My Hampster made me forget to sue in Legal Malpractice By Andrew Lavoott Bluestone on January 4, 2007 Posted in Blog Articles You really can’t make these kinds of stories up. Legal malpractice case is untimely. Plaintiff seeks to use his medical condition as an excuse for his lateness. It can work on ocassion. Here: my hampster cell ingestion kept me from suing. The story.