Doctor is successfully sued in medical  malpractice  to the tune of $ 116 Million now sues his defense attorneys for not settling in the $ 1,5 million dollar range.. 

"Doctors who lost a malpractice lawsuit to the tune of $116.7 million are now suing their lawyers, saying the attorneys were negligent.

A Hillsborough County…

This is a blog blurb from the subscription NJLJ site.  "A law firm defending itself in a legal malpractice case took an unusual tack: trying to avail itself of the plaintiff’s expert — Fox News commentator and former state judge Andrew Napolitano — while trying to impeach his ethics history."

It looks as if…

Here is a blog blurg from Hinshaw:

"New York Court Holds Lawyers Retained By Insurer to Represent Insured May Have Duty to Put Excess Carrier on Timely Notice of Claim

Shaya B. Pacific, LLC v. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, 827 N.Y.S.2d 231 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 2006)

After a judgment was returned in…

Bankruptcy court is said to be full of conflicts of interest.  Here, there is a possibility that Pilsbury Winthrop will be divested of its lead counsel role and made to give back $4 million in fees. 

"An alleged conflict of interest could cost Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman its role in a long-running bankruptcy case —…

Plaintiff in this legal malpractice case was held personally liable for human hair import damages.  Turning to his lawyer, he was brushed off a second time.  The case is Xie v. Lin

"On January 9, 2006, pro se plaintiff, Chuanyu Xie ("Xie" or "Plaintiff"), filed a legal malpractice complaint against his former lawyer Chris Lin…

A collge student, who has already started a case for sexual harassment, has now widened the net to bring in an athletic director at the school on a theory of legal malpractice.  The Story.

"Kelly May, the UL graduate who sued her political science professor for sexual harassment last year, has added David Walker, UL’s…

Know anything about civil forfeiture?  Up on the latest quirks?  If not, don’t start a case without doing research!  This case tells us:

"The plaintiffs alleged in their complaint, inter alia, that the defendant was negligent for failing to become familiar with the forfeiture law and agreeing to the settlement terms without attempting to negotiate…

Plaintiff in a legal malpractice case submitted errata sheet in opposition to motion for summary judgment.  The deposition testimony supported defendant’s position on the motion, and changes in the errata sheet were necessary to oppose the motion.  In this case.

"Plaintiff’s errata sheets should have been struck
since plaintiff failed to timely submit a…