A plaintiff lawyer who neglected a medical malpractice suit, blew the statute of limitations and then lied to the client that the case had been favorably settled drew a three-month suspension from the state Supreme Court.

Once Mark Yates discovered that his client’s case had languished, he “chose a cover-up, through a series of lies to the client,” including creation of a false document memorializing a fictitious $600,000 settlement agreement, the Disciplinary Review Board found.