IL: Legal Malpractice Summary Judgements Denied!
Racquet v. Grant, 318 Ill. App. 3d 831 (2000) IL: Underlying Property action Student Contributor: Rachel Vincent Facts: Plaintiff’s were being sued by their neighbor who was trying to enjoin ...
NJ Legal Malpractice: LANDMARK LAW: Lawyer Liability for Client Crimes: "My Lawyer Made Me Do It!"
Winstock v. Galasso, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2013) (Decided May 6, 2013) NJ: Underlying Criminal Plea due to bad legal advice FACTS: This is an appeal from a ...
WV: Legal Malpractice Immunity for Federal Prosecutors
Mooney v. Frazier, 225 W. Va. 358 (2010) WV: Criminal Law Student Contributor: Rachel Vincent Facts: Plaintiff is suing his attorney for ineffective assistance of counsel. Plaintiff came home form ...
NH: Legal Malpractice: The Innocent Guilty Plea (???)
Hilario v. Reardon, 158 N.H. 56 (2008). NH: Underlying Criminal Procedure, Guilty Plea Student Contributor: Peter J. Jannace FACTS: Plaintiff was indicted on various charges; he then entered into a ...
VT: Legal Malpractice On Malice and Punitive Damages
DeYoung v. Ruggiero, 185 Vt. 267 (2009). VT: Wills, Trusts & Estates Student Contributor: Peter J. Jannace FACTS: Plaintiffs hired defendant to close on the purchase of a house in ...
Legal Malpractice Lawyers "Invade" New Orleans at Jazz Fest 2013
New Orleans’ Jazz Fest 2013 attracted The American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys–ABPLA’s 2013 national meeting from April 25 to 27. ABPLA was organized in 1972 as the ...
CA: Legal Malpractice Defenses: Contributory Negligence
Theobald v. Byers, 193 Cal. App. 2d 147, 13 Cal. Rptr. 864 (1961) CA: Underlying Loan Transaction; Debtor Creditor Student Contributor: Louis Dell Facts: The plaintiffs hired the defendant ...
CA: Legal Malpractice: No Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress Damages
Camenisch v. Superior Court, 44 Cal. App. 4th 1689, 52 Cal. Rptr. 2d 450 (1996) Underlying Action: CA: Torts Student Contributor: Louis Dell Facts: The plaintiff hired Camenisch to prepare ...
CA: Legal Malpractice: Actual Injury Trumps Continuous Representation Tolling
Truong v. Glasser, 181 Cal. App. 4th 102, 103 Cal. Rptr. 3d 811 (2009) CA: Real Estate; Commercial Lease Student Contributor: Louis Dell Facts: VMI (the plaintiff) is a manufacturer ...
SC: No Privity with Trust Beneficiaries, No Fiduciary Duty
Argoe v. Threee Rivers Behavioral Center and Psychiatric Solutions, 388 S.C. 394, 697 S.E.2d 551 (2010) SC: Underlying Trusts, Real Estate; Breach of Fiduciary Duty Student Contributor: Nicholas Seabrooks Facts: Martha ...