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Litigation

Mar. 29, 2013

Malpractice claim against Pasadena lawyer lives on

The 9th Circuit let a malpractice action continue against a Pasadena lawyer involved in bringing Filipino teachers to the U.S., though an earlier jury verdict means Robert B. Silverman probably will escape human trafficking allegations.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Pasadena lawyer cannot block a malpractice lawsuit against him over a program that imported 350 Filipino teachers to Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.


But thanks to a jury verdict in favor of his co-defendants late last year, Robert B. Silverman likely will no longer face accusations of human trafficking, attorneys said.


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