When we search the web for news and articles about legal malpractice, the term often pops up as a sort of generic "wrong" when it neen not really apply. This publicity release seems to be one of those instances.
"High-profile United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s office is defending three employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and…
the New York Post is rarely a cite for us. Here is a legal malpractice story from the Post about the subway hero and legal malpractice. It can creep into almost any story.
"The Subway Superman who risked his life to save a fellow straphanger says he was taken for a ride and then thrown…
Here is a short article with this message: dabble at your own risk of legal malpractice.
"Bankruptcy is widely recognized by lawyers who do not practice in that area regularly as such a specialized area that they do not “dabble” in it, as many general practitioners do in other areas. Example: a lot of “GP&rdquo…
Justice Ramos of Supreme Court, New York County is handling a strange case. Plaintiff sued American Home Products in a Phen-Fen case with Napoli Bern being lead counsel. A conflict exists between their direct clients and the rest of the group.
"A New York state judge has ordered a trial to determine whether the…
The aphorism is that bad cases make bad law. In this particular case, an attorney, now disbarred, has been holding on to case files, demanding payment. So far, not so bad. However, today, sheriffs were ordered in to look for the files, after contempt findings.
"A half-dozen sheriff’s deputies raided a disbarred attorney’s office last…
Keeping up to date is one way to avoid legal malpractice problems. Here is a case from the Court of Appeals. Notice the "immediately"
"We have recognized only two exceptions to prior written notice laws — "where the locality created the defect or hazard through an affirmative act of negligence and where a ‘special use’…
Here is a medical malpractice case in which a physician for the Workers Compensation board examines an injured worker, and tells him that a request for surgery will not be granted, and that the worker does not need surgery, only physical therapy. Even though the examining physician is not plaintiff’s doctor, he is denied summary…
This case illustrates the problem of being ready for trial. The case was scheduled months ahead, and presumably the expert was known at the time of trial. However, the expert could not be coaxed into the courtroom. Result? Case dismised on failure to prosecute grounds. AD affirms, but on failure to demonstrate prima facie case. …
This case illustrates withdrawal by a defense attorney in a civil litigation, and how the court wrongfully directed that the case go on to trial without a short adjournment for defendant to get a new attorney. Result? Plaintiff tries case, gets verdict, defends appeal, loses appeal, and has to start all over again. In the…
The New York Times reports that a Federal Grand Jury is hearing testimony on attorney fees taken in an American Home Products case settlement problem. The problem is that when the case was settled for about $ 200 Million in favor of 440 plaintiffs, the attorneys misled state court judges and did not tell them…
