Lawyer prevails in dispute with malpractice insurer in legal malpractice case Foster v. WESTCHESTER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Dist. Court, WD Pennsylvania 2012 – Google Scholar. This is a dispute between a lawyer and his legal malpractice insurer. One of the major trends in recent years is the coverage lawsuit filed…
Immigration Malpractice Miranda v. Said, Iowa: Court of Appeals 2012 – Google Scholar. This is an unusual case – legal malpractice in the immigration setting. Plaintiffs won a verdict at the trial but appealed on the grounds that the trial court wrongfully barred their claims for mental distress damages, punitive…
IN RE GLEASON, Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit 2012 – Google Scholar. A bankruptcy lawyer was unhappy with a ruling. What he did next netted him a 60 day suspension from practicing before the bankruptcy court. The lawyer wrote a letter to the judge and included a bottle of wine…
Harkins v. Paxton, Mich: Court of Appeals 2012 – Google Scholar. This is a legal malpractice case. Plaintiffs (referred to as “the Judges”) claimed that they lost an underlying case (a Section 1983 action) because of the negligence of their attorney. The attorney, who was retained by an insurance…
Filed October 5. This is a disciplinary case against Herbert Arthur Bates, an attorney in Illinois. Bates was retained by a convicted criminal to handle his appeal. Bates was paid $10,000. Unfortunately, he missed numerous deadlines and the appeal was dismissed. He also failed to return the transcripts to the…
ARDC claims conflict of interest. Filed August 24. This case illustrates one of the problems with the ARDC process. The underlying conduct took place in 2004. The ARDC filed a complaint against the respondent in December 2008! She answered in February 2009, but the case did not come to hearing…
Legal Malpractice Case From North Carolina Royster v. McNamara, 723 SE 2d 122 – NC: Court of Appeals 2012 – Google Scholar. This is a legal malpractice case arising out of a litigation matter. The plaintiff, Royster, was a defendant in the underlying case, a fraud case. Legal malpractice in…
Insurance coverage dispute Goodman v. MEDMARC INS., 2012 Ohio 4061 – Ohio: Court of Appeals, 8th Appellate Dist. 2012 – Google Scholar. This case involves an insurance coverage dispute. The lawyer was the policyholder and he was sued for legal malpractice. An Ohio court has ruled in favor of an…
ARDC Claims Legal Fee Was Unreasonable BEFORE THE HEARING BOARD OF THE. One portion of the allegations against this lawyer concern an unreasonable fee. The lawyer represented an 84 year old woman who lived in a retirement community. The lawyer prepared routine estate planning documents and charged her $2500,…
Huber v. MUES, 2012 Ohio 2540 – Ohio: Court of Appeals, 2nd Appellate Dist. 2012 – Google Scholar. This case would have been timely in Illinois, or many other states, but it was filed in Ohio, which has a one-year statute of limitations for legal malpractice. Ohio does observe the…