If a lawyer at a firm gives your case to a first-year associate, and this associate does not know what he's doing, and three years later you have to hire a lawyer to finish you lawsuit, can you sue for damages (i.e. what you had to pay the new lawyer to finish your case)?? The new lawyer settled the case within months, but not for nearly what it was worth. Also, the ethics committee already found that the first-year associate acted "unethically", and admonished him.
Obviously Dillion did not understand my question. Suing after a permanent injury is not something one enjoys. It's a gut-wrenching ordeal that adds to the physical loss you already sustained. I hope it never happens to you, but if it does, maybe your views will change.
John W
Well, by definition, negligence by an attorney in the course of his/her practice is malpractice, so your claim would be for malpractice. I don't know that you could recover fees, however, you could recover any provable loss of value of your original claim due to the attorney's neglect.
Dillon M
Suing everybody you can eh?
Orignal From: Tips: Can you sue a lawyer for negligence but NOT include a claim for malpractice?
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