Hawaii law recognizes the assignability of the tort claims of professional malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud, the Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled answering a certified question from a U.S. District Court. A company retained a real estate advisor to aid in the sale of two commercial properties. Although the properties sold, the company alleged that the advisor failed to sell them for their fair market value and sued for breach of contractual, professional and fiduciary duties. However, it assigned its rights to a third party who actually filed suit.
Attorney misconduct Failure to diligently pursue clients claim Failure to notify client of lack of professional-malpractice insurance Two-year, partially stayed, suspension.
A Bronx woman is seeking $200,000 in punitive damages from a Garden City-based mediation and arbitration firm, alleging the company engaged in professional malpractice and fraud while handling her child support dispute. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 2 in Bronx County Supreme Court, alleges that National Arbitration and Mediation, a Garden City firm with offices throughout New York, Massachusetts and Florida, created unnecessary billing to reap financial gain from its client, Lauren Shapiro. Shapiro, who is representing herself, is also seeking $8,550 for expenses and attorney's fees related to the case.
A legal malpractice claim is governed by a single, statewide professional standard of care, not a standard specific to a certain locality, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled in affirming the Court of Appeals. The plaintiff retained the defendant as his attorney in a med- mal case. He became dissatisfied with the defendant's representation, retained new counsel and filed a pro se legal malpractice claim against him.
Bryan King earned his bachelor's degree in humanities from Pepperdine University in 1991 and his juris doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 1995. He joined Fellers Snider that same year and became a shareholder and director of the firm in 2000. King's litigation experience encompasses complex commercial litigation, professional malpractice, business torts, employment law and workers' compensation.
NEW FACES * L. Dennis Carrillo, attorney, has been hired at the law offices of Doyle & Nelson. A graduate of the University of Maine School of Law, he has extensive litigation experience, including matters involving construction and commercial disputes, professional malpractice, personal injury and property damage.
Summary Judgment, Dismissed, Negligence, Architectural Malpractice, Professional Standards, Breach of Oral Contract.
...Professionals, such as doctors and lawyers, are also required to..., the professional may be liable for malpractice, which is based on the law of negligence. Standard...
Motion to dismiss; motion for judgment on the pleadings; motion for summary judgment; breach of fiduciary duty; professional malpractice; Ohio Civ.R. 12(B); Ohio Civ.R. 12(C); R.C. 2305.09(D); time barred; statute of limitations; “discovery rule”; “delayed damage theory”.
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