Here is a NJ case on legal malpractice insurance coverage for retired partners who continue handling certain matters.
"Thanks to ambiguous and vague policy language, a professional liability carrier will have to cover a law firm partner for malpractice allegedly committed after he left an insured firm, a New Jersey appeals court says.
The judges…
Attorney is hired to fix IRS problems. Tells Client to give he a check, and he will pay the IRS. Check cashed, IRS not paid, Attorney arrested, and now a legal malpractice case. Here is the story.
"BENTONVILLE — A Bentonville attorney arrested on fraud and theft charges has been sued by the mother and…
This story from law.com:
"A rare U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision that declared a patent unenforceable because of the patent attorney’s inequitable conduct during the patent application process is likely to increase lawyers’ disclosures to the patent office.
On May 18, the court upheld a California federal court decision that declared…
The details are a little sparse in this story but after losing a $ 6.5 milliion medical malpractice case, the hospital and its attorney are now on the hook for a $ 1.3 million sanction too.
"A Parkersburg-area hospital has been ordered to pay a $1.3 million sanction in a medical malpractice lawsuit. This after…
We really can’t explain it. Here is the story. Was it the unhealthy aspect of french fries ? Was it residual anti-French feelings from the Iraq war? Would "freedom fries" have been OK?
"Saying a bankruptcy judge was "a few french fries short of a Happy Meal" may cost an out-of-state lawyer the ability…
Plaintiff is injured in a train accident, and wins $3 million. Law firm and a money manager both get into trouble. The Story:
Attorney "Lakin was indicted April 23 on charges of cocaine use and distribution as well as transporting a minor male to Malibu, Calif. with the intent to engage in sexual activity. He is…
Lead Plaintiff in a class action is unhappy with settlement amount, and seeks to sue the class action attorney and sues class action attorney in legal malpractice. Holding: plaintiff is collaterally estopped from suing.
Hinshaw reports: "J. Michael Koehler v. Jules Brody, et al., ___F.3d___, 2007 WL 895864 (8th Cir. 2007)
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Here is a NJ case about legal malpractice insurance coverage for successor attorneys.
"In this appeal, we decide whether a policy of insurance providing coverage for legal malpractice requires the insurer to provide indemnification to a former partner of a law firm for acts of malpractice allegedly committed subsequent to the dissolution of that firm.
Here in the SCOKY Blog we have a list of upcoming KY Supreme Court arguments, complete with briefs and records. The case of Kaplan v. Puckett appears to be a successful prisoner v. attorney legal malpractice case.
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This "immediate release" letter from whistleblower sounds like an attempt by the client to shame defendants into a settlement. We are often asked whether shame plays a role in legal malpractice. Clients often believe that an attorney will settle rather than litigate for fear of having this sort of a press release hit the web.…
