January 30, 2009

Lawyer Charged with Legal Malpractice

A lawyer who was appointed to oversee the assets of incapacitated clients, including children with cerebral palsy, pocketed $4 million for his own use. The lawyer and his law firm are charged with money laundering, grand larceny and scheming to defraud. The man was appointed by state judges to manage and distribute monetary settlements for clients who were found to suffer from cerebral palsy due to medical malpractice at birth, and to manage money for elderly clients with mental or physical impairments. The man committed legal malpractice by using the money on mortgage payments for his home. To read more about professional malpractice, click here.

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October 15, 2008

Legal Malpractice Suit Goes to Deliberation

A man’s legal malpractice suit against a law firm and one of its former attorneys went to jury deliberation after a trial that has featured a parade of legal and medical experts that lasted over three weeks. The issue in the trial is whether the lawyer inappropriately accepted a $15,000 settlement offer from the University of Maryland Medical System on the patient’s behalf, three years after the man nearly drowned in a break boating accident on the Susquehanna River. The man suffers from peripheral neuropathy and other ailments and has not worked for the past five years. He claims that his ailments are a result of doctors releasing him too soon which caused subsequent renal failure and heart problems. The lawyer testified that it was up to the client to decide whether to accept the offer or file a claim. To read the full story, click here.

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