Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 318: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Professionals and Children
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The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed a trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant attorneys and law firm, ruling that plaintiff had failed to establish that defendants owed...more
Plaintiff, Michael Koumjian (plaintiff), claims he was harassed on the job for his ethnicity and fired when he complained to his employer. When he hired an attorney (defendant) to represent him in a lawsuit against his former...more
An Illinois appellate court held that: (1) plaintiffs' motion to amend their complaint was properly denied where the six-year statute of repose (735 ILCS 5/13-214.3(c)) barred the proposed amended claims based (in part) on...more
Plaintiffs appealed the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants on plaintiffs' legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants were negligent in...more
Schaeffer v. Thompson, Ala. Cov. App. LEXIS 25 (2020) - Brief Summary - The Alabama Civil Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiffs' legal malpractice claims,...more
Many of us who defend law firms or serve in a firm’s General Counsel office know well the rule that, in order to prevail at trial, the plaintiff in a legal malpractice case usually must offer testimony from a competent expert...more
Insurance coverage lawyers are sometimes called upon to serve as expert witnesses on the standards of practice applicable to coverage attorneys engaged by insurers to provide coverage advice. ...more