In its November 6, 2020 opinion, the District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Florida Appellate Court”) held: “Because the Pollocks introduced evidence that only established that a judgment of $250,000 was collectable, we reverse and remand for a… Read More
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New Jersey Appellate Court Dismisses Legal Malpractice Case Against Successor Medical Malpractice Lawyer
In a legal malpractice case arising out of a botched medical malpractice case, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) applied the three-step sequential analysis of Beauchamp v. Amedio, 164 N.J. 111, 118 (2000) to… Read More
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Minnesota Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Legal Malpractice Lawsuit Arising From Medical Malpractice Claim
The State of Minnesota Court of Appeals (“Minnesota Appellate Court”), in its unpublished opinion dated April 13, 2020, held, “we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying the Ruizes’ motion for continuance. While the result… Read More
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Arizona Bankruptcy Lawyer Agreed To Handle Arizona Medical Malpractice Case And Suffered The Consequences For His Inexperience And Wrongful Conduct
An Arizona lawyer whose speciality was bankruptcy got involved in representing six creditors in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case involving an Arizona doctor. Meanwhile, through separate counsel, two of the creditors filed an Arizona medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor…. Read More
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Revives Legal Malpractice Case Arising From Two Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
In a legal malpractice case decided by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) on March 30, 2020, the defendant Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer and his law firm had represented the plaintiffs in two Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawsuits: one… Read More
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$1.2M Colorado Legal Malpractice Verdict For Missed Statute Of Limitations In Medical Malpractice Case
A Colorado jury has awarded a woman who claimed her Colorado medical malpractice lawyer failed to file her medical malpractice case before the statute of limitations expired $1.2 million in damages against her former lawyer. The woman further claimed that… Read More
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Colorado Supreme Court Holds Plaintiff Must Prove Collectibility In Legal Malpractice Case
In its opinion filed on January 28, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Colorado (“Colorado Supreme Court” ) held that in a legal malpractice action based on the defendant attorney’s alleged failure to timely file the plaintiff’s underlying… Read More
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$5M Legal Malpractice Verdict Against Florida Medical Malpractice Law Firm For Botched Birth Injury Claim
A Florida legal malpractice jury found against a Florida plaintifs’ medical malpractice law firm on October 17, 2018, finding that the defendant medical malpractice law firm negligently failed to represent a woman for her own injuries suffered during childbirth during… Read More
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Resurrects Legal Malpractice Case Against Medical Malpractice Lawyer
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on January 4, 2018 that the trial court manifestly abused its discretion in denying the plaintiffs’ continuance motion in their legal malpractice case against their former medical… Read More
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Nonsuit In Legal Malpractice Case Involving Medical Malpractice Case
In its non-precedential written decision filed on March 27, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) affirmed the nonsuit of the plaintiff’s legal malpractice lawsuit filed against her former medical malpractice lawyer that alleged that the defendant lawyer… Read More
