Harmon W. Caldwell Jr., Caldwell Propst & DeLoach LLP (Photo: John Disney/ALM)
Attorneys for the law firm say the entire damages award and fee award—more than $2 million—must be reduced by 68 percent under the apportionment statute. Plaintiff's lawyers say the only applicable reduction is 8 percent of the fault assigned to their client.
March 01, 2018 at 03:53 PM
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In the wake of a three-way apportionment of damages and fees in a malpractice verdict against Alston & Bird, the parties are—as they were at trial—offering widely divergent narratives.
The plaintiffs assert that Alston & Bird should pay more than $2 million according to the Wednesday verdict, while the firm says its portion comes to less than $700,000.
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