A malpractice case against 450-lawyer Drinker Biddle & Reath has a chance to refine a New Jersey Supreme Court doctrine that disallows legal malpractice claims after the underlying case settles.
The justices held last year in Puder v. Buchel, 183 N.J. 428, that a matrimonial client who settled a botched case and told the judge she was satisfied couldn’t pursue a malpractice claim for additional relief from the allegedly errant lawyer.
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