Malpractice occurs when a professional’s carelessness or failure to meet the standards of the profession causes injury or aggravates the problem he or she was employed to remedy.
Legal Malpractice
Failure to file a case on time, inadequate investigation or trial preparation, breach of trust, conflict of interest, improper drafting of documents.Medical Malpractice
Failure to diagnose cancer or other disease, misdiagnosis of disease, failure to perform or order appropriate tests, unnecessary or inappropriate surgery, inadequate post-surgical care, inadequate nursing care.Securities Fraud
Unauthorized trading, inappropriate advice, recommendation of unsuitable investments, churning of accounts, breach of trust, failure to execute trades in a timely manner.
NOTEWORTHY CASES
Lawyer Malpractice
A truck driver slipped and fell on a wet floor in a restaurant, injuring his back and leaving him disabled. He hired a law firm to handle his claim for personal injury. The firm neglected the case until the filing deadline was about to run and then sued the wrong restaurant, causing the case to be dismissed. I then filed a malpractice case against the law firm. The jury awarded the truck driver $400,000 in damages.
The cases mentioned are illustrative of the matters handled by the firm. Case results depend on a variety of factors unique to each case.
Not all of the firm’s case results are provided. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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