Law blog reports this story of an attorney who saved a life.
"This past weekend, a Lerach Coughlin lawyer, Paul Geller (pictured, left), a name partner at the firm and head of its Boca Raton, Fla., office, saved a pregnant woman and her small schnauzer, Midnight Duke, from two attacking pitbulls"
"We caught up with…
Times for notice of motion and cross-motion changed in July. We reported it, and here is an article from the NYLJ by Howard Shafer which gives a comprehensive outline.
"The New York State Legislature passed an act amending New York Civil Practice Law and Rules R. 2214(b) and 2215.1 These recent amendments to the New…
In this New Jersey Case , DIANNE VIGLIONE v.CHRISTINE FARRINGTON, ESQ., we find the NJ Supreme Court discussing the emotional and cerebral aspects of matrimonial litigation, and giving the plaintiff a little breathing room in bringing this legal malpractice case. Does this portend a different rule for matrimonial legal malpractice cases in NJ?
Great emotional…
Here is a comprehensive and well written case from NJ which discusses when a statute of limitations starts to run there. NJ, unlike NY has a "discovery" statute of limitations. DIANNE VIGLIONE v. CHRISTINE FARRINGTON, ESQ.,
"A legal malpractice action is based on negligence. Grunwald v. Bronkesh, 131 N.J. 483, 492 (1993). A cause of…
In a different but related case, Anthony Lin of the NYLJ goes on to tell about "top private equity firm Thomas H. Lee has sued Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw for $245 million for allegedly misrepresenting the financial shape of commodities brokerage Refco prior to Lee’s acquisition of a controlling interest. Seward & Kissel is…
For a while, a million dollar or a multi-million dollar case was a big number. Imagine, not just several hundred thousands! Now, Anthony Lin of the New York Law Journal reports that Akin Gump has been sued by a hedge fund client for $ 4 Billion. Will we be seeing larger than life numbers like this…
Its often said that jailed defendants have a little too much time on their hands. Here is a prime example. This defendant was convicted of trying to kill his wife. He seems to have used poor workmen. One would be killer was arrested for tresspass; one had a battle with the wife, but agreed…
All right, its not strictly legal malpractice, but this story about Family Court Judges bickering and fighting, slamming files and being childish should remind us that these cases involved parents and kids. Family Court: they must have involved custody and support. Who was the victim here?
"One instance involved a sharply disputed tussle with Judge…
Here is an interesting blog blurb from the North Carolina Appellate Blog on how an innocent client was seriously hurt by the acts of its attorney.
"Today the Court of Appeals (COA) issued a harsh reminder that a client is, under the law of agency, responsible with the bad conduct of its counsel in…
Another report of the question of privity and legal malpractice, here in an executor-estate setting.
"In January 1994 the decedent Miguel Perez (hereinafter the decedent) commenced a medical malpractice action (hereinafter the underlying action) against Lutheran Medical Center (hereinafter Lutheran) alleging a failure to timely diagnose and treat his colorectal cancer condition. The decedent was…
