(Credit: hvostik16/Adobe Stock) Judge Says Law Firm Had No Duty to Notify Third Party About Release of Escrow Funds
"Throughout the entirety of this transaction, defendants Williams and A&G were acting solely as agents of Vetcomm," Senior U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. wrote. "Thus, even if Williams volunteered in the second email to notify Jones upon request to disburse the subject funds, such a modification would bind only Vetcomm, the principal, and not defendants Williams and A&G, the agents."
October 13, 2023 at 03:54 PM
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A federal judge in West Virginia sided with a Louisiana law firm and one of its shareholders accused of failing to inform a medical facility that thousands of dollars of its funds had been released from an escrow account to purchase COVID-19 personal protective equipment.
Senior U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. of the Southern District of West Virginia concluded that the New Orleans-based law firm, Aaron & Gianna, and one of its attorneys, DeWayne L. Williams, only owed a duty to its client, Vetcomm, the seller of the PPE.
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