A law firm that defended itself in a malpractice suit that also accused its client of wrongdoing now faces another malpractice suitfrom its now-former client. The complaint says that client was forced to pay "substantial monies" to settle the underlying case due to errors by its original firm.
A key issue involves the decision by the client, Branch Banking and Trust Co., early in the first case, to dismiss its own cross-claims against the law firm, Morris Hardwick Schneider, and allow the firm to take over the bank’s defense.
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