Regardless of conceding that it was “not an clearly wise end result,” a federal decide in Massachusetts mentioned he was constrained to put aside a $1.1 million authorized malpractice jury verdict beforehand entered in favor of a lawyer’s consumer. The explanation? The lawyer did not well timed notify his malpractice insurer of the declare.
Within the underlying litigation, Joan Stormo employed legal professional Peter T. Clark, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, to signify her within the sale of actual property to KGM Customized Houses, Inc. in 2004 and 2005. The sale failed to shut “in substantial half to the conduct of Clark,” in response to the opinion filed Aug. 25 in U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Massachusetts.
