Forshee v. Moulton, 2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 2520 (Houston [14th Dist.] April 11, 2024) - Brief Summary - The Texas Court of Appeals held that when a plaintiff's claim against her former attorney properly is grounded in...more
Iavor Stoyanov v. Himont Law Group, Ltd., et al., 2024 IL App (1st) 221434-U (April 15, 2024) - Brief Summary - The First District Appellate Court in Illinois held that the trial court (Judge Patrick J. Sherlock) was correct...more
Flanigan v. Herman., 2024 Wash. App. LEXIS 44 (Wash. Ct. App. Jan. 11, 2024) - Brief Summary - The Washington Court of Appeals held that when the facts are undisputed, proximate cause is an issue of law to be decided by the...more
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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held that a law firm representing the administrator in estate proceedings did not owe a duty to a beneficiary of the estate, and the...more
An Illinois appellate court held that plaintiffs' legal malpractice claim, which accrued as soon as his business partners learned of their wrongfully caused injuries, was barred by the two-year statute of limitations. ...more
A Georgia appellate court held that plaintiff's nearly $6 million damage award was improper because the trial court permitted the jury to view a copy of the complaint which included allegations and claims that had been...more
Scot Vandenberg v. RQM, LLC, 2020 IL App (1st) 190544 -
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An Illinois appellate court affirmed the adjudication of a firm's attorney's liens down to zero, where the discharged firm failed to provide any...more
8/6/2020
/ Appeals ,
Attorney Malpractice ,
Attorney Misconduct ,
Attorney Representation Agreements ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Breach of Duty ,
Contingency Fees ,
Discharge Letters ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Quantum Meruit ,
Settlement
Huyen Nguyen v. Karen Ellen Ford, No. H046809, 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 411, at *1 (Ct. App. Apr. 24, 2020).
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The court held that plaintiff's claims for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty against her...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
R.M. v. Dennis, Jackson, Martin & Fontela, P.A., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68115
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Utah's federal district court granted a motion to dismiss filed by a Florida-based law firm and its associate (collectively...more
4/25/2020
/ Attorney Malpractice ,
Breach of Duty ,
Due Process ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
General Jurisdiction ,
Minimum Contacts ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Professional Negligence ,
Specific Jurisdiction ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Signal Fin. Holdings, Ltd. Liab. Co. v. Looking Glass Fin., Ltd. Liab. Co., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 206857 (N.D. Ill., Judge Joan H. Lefkow, 12/2/19)
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A federal district court in Illinois granted defendants'...more
Milligan v. Salamone, 1:18-CV-327-RP (W.D. Tex. Mar. 14, 2019) -
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The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas recently upheld the bankruptcy court's order dismissing plaintiff's negligence...more
Sere v. Trapeni, Jr., et al., 2018 Va. Unpub. LEXIS 17 (Va. Supreme Court July 26, 2018) -
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Plaintiff asserted her attorney's alleged breach of duty—e.g., improperly naming the defendant in the original...more
Highland Capital Management, LP v. Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C., 2016 WL 164528 (Tex. App. Jan. 14, 2016)
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The Texas Court of Appeals held that the doctrine of attorney immunity barred an employer's...more
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The plaintiff, a shareholder of limited liability company (LLC), filed an action against a law firm and one of its lawyers, alleging they aided and abetted other shareholders in breaching their fiduciary...more