Widespread media reports are dire about predictions of harm from artificial intelligence (AI) – up to and including an actual, apocalyptic doomsday. Lawyers are sizing up whether and how AI might support or enhance the practice of law. After all, an AI-powered program...
Trial Errors
Protecting client interests includes meeting legal deadlines
Few legal matters are without deadlines. Both in and out of court, an attorney’s duty of care to their clients includes completing filing, notice, service and other legal acts on time in accord with required legal deadlines. The most obvious example is missing the...
Client challenges lawyers’ handling of Gatlinburg fire lawsuit
An attorney or law firm can make a negligent mistake in almost any area of law if they breach their reasonable duty of care to their client. When legal malpractice occurs during litigation, the client can suffer severe losses, mostly financial. Depending on the nature...
Case-within-a-case: Did your lawyer mishandle your lawsuit?
For a legal dispute to make it to court, it is normally a major event to those involved on both sides of the conflict – whether plaintiff or defendant. So many factors influence the nature of what is at stake: Is the suit personal or commercial? Are the potential...
Did you lose a lawsuit because of your attorney’s negligence?
When the verdict goes against you in court, it can be shocking – and expensive. This is especially upsetting if you believe it was because of your lawyer’s negligence. An attorney has an ongoing duty when representing a client in litigation to exercise reasonable care...
Did filing a Missouri lawsuit breach the plaintiff’s lawyers’ duty of care?
In an attorney-client relationship, the lawyer owes a reasonable duty of care to the client within the scope of the representation. Should an attorney act in a client matter inconsistently with taking reasonable care, and violation of this duty harms the client, they...
Attorney malpractice: The trial-within-a-trial
At our law firm, we represent people who have suffered losses because their previous legal counsel negligently practiced law. While there are many circumstances in which legal malpractice can occur, when lawyers are negligent in preparation for trial or in the...
Asbestos injury defendant alleges lawyers made trial errors and were disloyal
JM Eagle, also known as J-M Manufacturing, is the largest maker of plastic and PVC piping in the world, according to its website. In the 1980s, the company sold piping that contained asbestos, including for municipal water systems. While JM Eagle has not sold products...