We reported on this case a short while ago. Plaintiff had her med mal case discontinued without permission, and then when she started a legal malpractice case, was told that her attorney was disciplined, only allowed to participate in mental hygiene cases and penniless. She settled the case for
$ 2000 only to find out…

Judge Squire, running in an election this year in Columbus, OH, is facing ethcial and judicial conduct charges. They will not be resolved until after the election. Of interest to this blog is the legal malpractice/judicial misconduct policy of $ 25,000 per claim. That amount seems woefully low. In her case there are 4 charges,…

Here is a research article from a consuermer’s point of view. Their take is that expanded electronic communication has led to greater litigation, and especially, legal malpractice litigation. Details.

Reporting again from the Madison County Record, here is an automobile legal malpractice case. “Two people involved in an auto accident in 2002 claim legal malpractice in a lawsuit filed against their former attorney and law firm.

According to the complaint filed Aug. 17 in St. Clair County Circuit Court, Sidney and LaToi Williams sustained…

Imputation Doctrine No Longer Shields Negligent Auditors
Shareholders may sue accountants for negligent failure to detect fraud

Stephen V. Falanga
New Jersey Law Journal
August 30, 2006

“The New Jersey Supreme Court’s decision in NCP Litigation Trust v. KPMG, LLP, may dramatically affect the relationship between corporations and their outside auditors. The case, decided June…

“Minneapolis law firm Dorsey & Whitney breached its fiduciary duty of client loyalty by representing two clients on opposite sides of related cases and withheld from the clients that it may have committed legal malpractice during the Miller & Schroeder Investments bankruptcy case several years ago, a federal judge ruled this week. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge…

Could be the largest group of plaintiffs in a legal malpractice case. Defendant law firm represented health insurer. “The jury found Fillenwarth Dennerline liable for failing to notify the health plan’s trustees of its growing financial losses. The now-defunct plan, the Indiana Construction Industry Trust, was set up by about a dozen construction-related companies to…

As a reminder of the many and varied paths of law and law practice, here is a quote from today’s NYLJ Outside Counsel Column, written by T. James Bryan, of Herrick Feinstein. He discusses an arcane area of tax law coupled with condo sales.

The bottom line? Legal malpractice.

“You are asked to represent a…