New Jersey lawyers just got another reminder of why it pays to settle legal malpractice claims quickly due to that state's unique fee-switching doctrine. An appeals court ruled Feb. 18 that a plaintiff who won a $20,000 settlement from a lawyer and two businesses can pursue the lawyer for the entire $144,000 in legal fees expended, even though the non-lawyers paid two-thirds of the settlement. The full charge may have been avoided if there had been a determination of percentage of liability at trial.
February 27, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
New Jersey lawyers just got another reminder of why it pays to settle legal malpractice claims quickly.
A New Jersey appeals court ruled Feb. 18 that a plaintiff who won a $20,000 settlement from a lawyer and two business entities can pursue the lawyer for the entire $144,000 legal fee expended in the case, even though the non-lawyers paid two-thirds of the settlement.
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