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Breach of Contract Cause of Action Dismissed as Duplicative of Legal Malpractice Claim.
In the underlying matter, the plaintiff, a police officer employed by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), asserted two claims under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.).
Legal Update for Lawyers’ Professional Liability – May 2022 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Dismissed
The plaintiff, a property seller, commenced this action on the grounds that the defendant, his attorney, failed to provide proper legal representation with respect to his sale of real property.
Legal Update for Lawyers’ Professional Liability – May 2022 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
An Expert Requirement for Dragonetti Act Cases?
There is a move in federal courts applying Pennsylvania law towards requiring a plaintiff in Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings Act (Dragonetti Act) cases to supply expert testimony to survive summary judgement.
Legal Update for Lawyers’ Professional Liability – May 2022 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
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Delaware Superior Court Dismissed Plaintiff’s Legal Malpractice Claims Because He Failed To Identify an Expert Witness Who Would Support His Claims at His Forthcoming Jury Trial.
In Weiner v. Holfeld, 2021 WL 5577255 (Del. Super. Ct. Nov. 30, 2021), the plaintiff claimed that expert testimony was not necessary because the matter at issue involved obvious common sense and public knowledge.
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Dealing With Vexatious Pro Se Litigants
When you do battle, even if you are winning, if you continue for a long time, it will dull your forces and blunt your edge.Tzu, Sun. The Art of War. Shambhala Publishing, 2009
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Pennsylvania Superior Court Reminds Law Firms to Pay Attention to Potential Conflicts
The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently reviewed a law firm’s obligations to one of its attorney’s former clients pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Professional Conduct 1.10(b) in Darrow v. PPL Elec. Utilities Corp., 2021 WL 5895163 (Pa.
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Marshall Dennehey Counsel Prevails on Appeal of a Legal Malpractice Judgment for the Unauthorized Practice of Law Under New Jersey’s Criminal Statute
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Game Over: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies Allocatur to Review “Monday Morning Quarterbacking” of Personal Injury Lawsuit
On March 1, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied plaintiff Jibreel Townsend’s petition for allowance of appeal, which sought reconsider
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