Imagine the law firm’s surprise when its legal malpractice insurance carrier not only denied coverage for a claim, but also sued the firm in a declaratory judgment action seeking a judicial determination of “no coverage.”
This is the kind of thing that an attorney or law firm might expect if the claim involved intentional misconduct or activities outside the rendition of professional services. Yet this is what happened with a recent garden-variety legal malpractice claim.
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