A New York judge has permitted a lawyer to proceed with a malicious prosecution suit against the mortgage company and law firm that previously brought a legal malpractice suit against her. The judge said lawyer Linda Strumpf's claim that she had suffered from a rise in her professional liability insurance premiums and had lost clients due to the malpractice suit could constitute the "special injury" required of malicious prosecution suits.
December 27, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A New York judge has permitted a lawyer to proceed with a malicious prosecution suit against the mortgage company and law firm that previously brought a legal malpractice suit against her.
In 2000, the Blue Chip Mortgage Corp. hired Manhattan lawyer Linda Strumpf to collect on a $300,000 judgment they had obtained in federal court against Gary Konstantin, a former employee who had misappropriated funds from the mortgage company.
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