A federal judge has ruled that an in-house lawyer for Camden County, N.J., can't be held personally liable to the county's insurers for a $19 million judgment in a case she allegedly botched. Insurers allege that Assistant County Counsel Donna Whiteside failed to hire outside counsel and missed an expert-report deadline, leaving her unable to present expert testimony at a trial over a car crash on a county road. The final judgment of $19 million is on appeal and has not been paid.
March 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
An in-house lawyer for Camden County, N.J., can’t be held personally liable to its insurers for a $19.3 million judgment in a case she allegedly botched.
U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman on Wednesday tossed the carriers’ claims, saying that no matter what Assistant County Counsel Donna Whiteside did, they could not show that her conduct caused them any injury.
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