Third District Court of Appeal Judge Kevin Emas wrote the ruling. Photo: J. Albert Diaz/ALM.
A Florida couple who alleged they recouped nothing after Morgan & Morgan attorneys advised them to decline several multimillion-dollar settlement offers have lost out at the Third District Court of Appeal, which found the nation’s largest personal injury firm had done enough to compel arbitration.
It’s a ruling that highlights what firms need to do to ensure their arbitration clauses withstand scrutiny if clients later sue for legal malpractice.
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