US: Back to Basics: Privity
Ward v. National Savings Bank, 100 U.S. 195 (1880) US: Underlying mortgage and title transaction. Student Contributor: Ally Shuster Facts: Bank loans money to a borrower who owned a parcel of ...
PA: Fraud Claim will Not be Barred by Failure to Produce Affidavit of Merit
Jackson v. Gary L. Sweitzer Enterprises, Inc., 67 Pa. D. & C.4th 239 (York County 2004) Student contributor: Justin Lieberman PA: Underlying Real Estate Matter Facts: Plaintiffs filed a complaint ...
NJ: Bright Line Rule: Unwaivable Conflicts for Dual Representation in Complex Real Estate Deals
Baldasarre v. Butler, 132 N.J. 278 (N.J. 1993) Student Contributor: Jason Klein NJ Underlying Real Estate Transaction Facts: Plaintiffs inherited undeveloped land from their father and retained Defendant to act ...
NJ: Lawyer's Vicarious Liability for Independent Contractors?
Toth v. Vazquez, 3 N.J. Super. 379 (Ch. Div. 1949) (PDF with permission of Thomson West) Student Contributor: Anthony J. Forzano NJ Underlying Real Estate Transaction Facts: Plaintiff, a potential ...
PA: No Need for Expert Witness where the Lawyer's Malpractice is Obvious
Antonis v. Liberati 821 A.2d 666 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2003) Student Contributor: Evan Kusnitz PA Underlying Mortgage Transaction Facts: Plaintiff hired Attorney to prepare a mortgage and note as a security ...
Shifting and Sharing the Blame to others for Legal Malpractice
Cherry Hill Manor Associates v. Faugno (N.J.Super.A.D., 2004) (PDF) reversed by 182 N.J. 64 (2004) NJ Underlying Real Estate and Litigation Student Contributor: John Anzalone Facts: Plaintiff retained Attorney 1 ...
Settled for Less? Sue for Malpractice
Hernandez v. Baugh, 401 N.J. Super. 539; 951 A.2d 1095 (App. Div. 2008) NJ Underlying commercial transaction, real estate. Student Contributor: John Anzalone Facts: Plaintiff consulted with attorney to represent ...
Allocation of Attorney's Fees in a Legal Malpractice Action
Grubbs v. Knoll, 376 N.J. Super. 420, 870 A.2d 713 (App. Div. 2005) Student Contributor: Cheryl Neuman NJ Underlying real estate transaction Facts: Plaintiff was involved in a real estate transaction wherein ...
Duties to Non-Clients
LaBracio Family Partnership v. 1239 Roosevelt Avenue, Inc., 340 N.J. Super. 155, 773 A.2d 1209 (App. Div. 2001) Student Contributor: Cheryl Neuman N.J. Underlying real estate transaction Facts: Sevdalis was ...