Michael Freude v. Jeffrey M. Berzowski and Di Renzo & Bomier, LLC., No. 2023 AP 764 (Wis. App. August 7, 2024) - Brief Summary - The plaintiff sued two defendants for legal malpractice related to an allegedly time-barred...more
Chamblee Ryan, P.C. v. JBS Carrier, Inc., No. 12-23-00125-CV (Tex. App. — Tyler June 12, 2024) - Brief Summary - Plaintiff, JBS Carriers, Inc. (“JBS”), sued Chamblee Ryan, P.C. (the “defendant”) for legal malpractice related...more
An appellate court in Illinois declined to expand the scope of the third-party beneficiary theory espoused in Pelham v. Griesheimer, 92 Ill.2d 13 (1982) and affirmed summary judgment in favor of the law firm and its partners....more
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania considered whether plaintiff's legal malpractice claims against defendants—her former attorneys—were barred under the court's decision in Muhammad v. Strassburger, McKenna, Messer, Shilobod &...more
Brief Summary -
A California appellate court held that it is a violation of the duty of candor for an attorney to prosecute an appeal while failing to cite known authority that the court has no jurisdiction to entertain...more
Huyen Nguyen v. Karen Ellen Ford, No. H046809, 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 411, at *1 (Ct. App. Apr. 24, 2020).
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The court held that plaintiff's claims for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty against her...more
Bethel v. Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Winslett & Moser, P.C., (Feb. 21, 2020, No. 18-0595) 2020 Tex. LEXIS 139 -
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The Texas Supreme Court held that a claim over an attorney's alleged destruction of evidence...more
3/4/2020
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Appeals ,
Attorney Malpractice ,
Client Representation ,
Conversion ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Dismissals ,
Fraud ,
Immunity ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Reaffirmation ,
State Law Tort Claims ,
Trespass to Chattel ,
TX Supreme Court
Zander v. Carlson, 2019 IL App (1st) 181868, November 21, 2019 -
Union-appointed lawyers are immune from malpractice lawsuits filed by formerly represented union members, an Illinois appeals court has affirmed. The First...more
2/25/2020
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Attorney Malpractice ,
Client Representation ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Dismissals ,
Exclusive Jurisdiction ,
Immunity ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Personal Liability ,
Unions