There is a well settled general rule that permits a client to sue their lawyer for an inadequate settlement when it is claimed that the settlement "was effectively compelled by the mistakes of counsel". Under these circumstances it can be argued that the attorney was more interested in making a q...

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The defendant attorney admittedly failed to timely commence an action against a nursing home on behalf of the Estate of a woman who died due to complications from a bedsore, infection and sepsis. The defendant attorney defaulted or failed to file an answer to the legal malpractice complaint. (Not...

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This is a rare decision from a trial level court involving some of the most serious allegations of intentional wrongdoing by an attorney. Remarkably, the defendant attorney Bahrenberg had been a close friend and attorney of the owners of the corporate plaintiffs for over 20 years. The Oikonomos c...

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