A South Florida appellate judge took the time to write a special concurrence that noted three lawyers’ negligence, and asked whether their actions were a “good look for the legal system.”

The opinion from Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal illustrates the distinction between disciplinary action and a malpractice claim. It came in a case in which a group of lawyers solicited a client who’d been shot by police, then later—to defend themselves during malpractice proceedings—argued the client would not have won the case anyway, because immunity laws shielded the police officer.