Sentry Select Insurance Company v. Maybank Law Firm, LLC, et al., (May 30, 2018)
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The South Carolina Supreme Court, in response to questions from the District Court, ruled that an insurance company may...more
Brook, as Trustee of the David North II Trust, successor to the assets of Cortina Financial, Inc. v. McCormley, et al., No. 16-4255 (7th Cir. 2017)
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The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's...more
Starwood Management, LLC by and through Norma Gonzalez v. Don Swaim and Rose Walker, LLP, Texas Supreme Court Number 16-0431 (September 29, 2017) -
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The Texas Supreme Court overturned the trial court and...more
Brooks v. Lemieux, 2017 WL 1056194 (Me. 2017) -
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The Maine Supreme Judicial Court recently held that expert testimony based on supporting facts in the record was required to prove causation between an...more
Moonlight Enterprise, LLC v. Mroz, 2017 WL 1237947 (Va. March 30, 2017) -
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The Virginia Supreme Court held that the continuous representation rule does not apply to an attorney who ceases to perform legal...more
Solar Dynamics, Inc. v. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., 2017 WL 519314 (Fla. 2017) -
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A Florida appellate court held that the trial court lacked jurisdiction over a legal malpractice action that...more
West Bend Mutual Ins. Co. v. Schumacher, ___ F.3d ___, 2016 WL 7395708 (7th Cir. 2016) -
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Plaintiff, a workers' compensation insurer, filed a legal malpractice action against former defense counsel,...more
Whether the trial court erred in the underlying litigation is always an important part of the proximate (or "but for") causation analysis. Stanfield v. Neubaum, 2016 WL 3536865 (Tex. June 24, 2016) is yet another case that...more
Tower Homes, LLC v. Heaton, ___ P.3d ___, 2016 WL 4273578 (Nev. 2016) -
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The Supreme Court of Nevada held that a bankruptcy trustee's stipulation and court's order permitting creditors to pursue the...more
Terra Foundation for American Art, et al. v. DLA Piper LLP (US), 2016 IL App (1st) 153285 -
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Plaintiffs filed a legal malpractice action against defendant law firm that plaintiffs had retained in...more
Prospect Development, LLC, et al v. Donald Kreger and Schiff Hardin, 2016 IL App (1st) 150433 -
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Plaintiff sued a lawyer and his law firm for alleged legal malpractice arising out of the collapse of a...more
7/6/2016
/ Attorney Malpractice ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Cause of Action Accrual ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Equitable Tolling ,
Fraudulent Concealment ,
Loans ,
Redevelopment ,
Statute of Repose ,
Unclean Hands
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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