A lawyer who continued working on a personal injury case without knowing he had been replaced by substitute counsel is entitled to fees from the eventual settlement even though his labors did not contribute to his successor's ultimate settling of the case, a New Jersey state appeal court has ruled.
November 17, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A lawyer who continued working on a personal injury case without knowing he had been replaced by substitute counsel is entitled to fees from the eventual settlement, a New Jersey state appeals court ruled on Monday.
The panel found that Phillip Wiskow had a duty to proceed with the case, Rivera v. Dover VF LLC, A-3188-10, and in fact could have been liable for malpractice had he not done so.
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