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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jan. 3, 2015

Sedgwick fights $200 million malpractice claim from $1 billion Ponzi scheme

Law firm argues it was instructed not to do work receiver says it should have done to prevent some losses from Medical Capital fraud.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - After more than three years of litigation, a $200 million malpractice lawsuit against Sedgwick LLP may be coming to a head.


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter is set to hear arguments Monday on a motion by the firm to shoot down claims by a court-appointed receiver that Sedgwick lawyers could have prevented some of the $1 billion in losses from what has been called the largest Ponz...

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