Ethics/Professional Responsibility
May 22, 2014
Law firms dodge malpractice verdict over judge who missed deadline
A Los Angeles jury finds two law firms aren't liable for delayed settlement talks after judge blew deadline to rule on new trial motion.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A jury rejected a $1 million legal malpractice suit accusing appellate specialists Horvitz & Levy LLP and another firm of failing to settle an employment lawsuit early because some of the lawyers missed a problem with a judge's ruling.
The firms admittedly didn't notice that the judge in the underlying wrongful termination case had granted a new trial motion one day late, following ...
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