The insurance carrier for the firm of well-reputed New Jersey lawyer John Fahy, who committed suicide in July, is seeking a declaration that it need not cover a malpractice suit alleging he blew the statute of limitations in a sex discrimination case and lied to the client about it until his death.
The complaint in Darwin National Assurance Co. v. Fahy Choi LLC, filed on Nov. 27 in federal court in Newark, alleges that the malpractice claims are not covered because the policy’s prior knowledge condition was not satisfied.
