Discipline
Jul. 7, 1999
Prove It
^^Professional Responsibility^^ Prove It! Malpractice Plaintiffs Must Show More Than 'Settler's Remorse' The court relied on well-settled case law requiring a legal-malpractice plaintiff to establish damages to a 'legal certainty.'
By Alec H. Boyd
An increasingly common legal-malpractice theory asserted against plaintiffs'-side practitioners by former clients is that the client's case was inappropriately settled for too little money. This outbreak of "settler's remorse" by legal malpractice claimants, in turn, has fostered a developing body of law s...
An increasingly common legal-malpractice theory asserted against plaintiffs'-side practitioners by former clients is that the client's case was inappropriately settled for too little money. This outbreak of "settler's remorse" by legal malpractice claimants, in turn, has fostered a developing body of law s...
To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In