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Publication Date: 2024-10-22
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Insurance | Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Gallagher, Courtney R. Prinski, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., New Castle, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: N24C-01-095 EMD CCLD
Former law firm client failed to establish causal connection to damages where insurance policy secured by counsel expired due to client's failure to pay premiums before a "claim" under the policy arose.
Publication Date: 2024-10-22
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Insurance | Legal Services
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Griffiths
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. Ippoliti, Christopher Isaac, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Sally J. Daugherty, Salmon, Ricchezza, Singer & Turchi, LLP, Wilmington, DE; George M. Vinci, Jr., David B. Picker, Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci P.C., Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 213, 2023
Trial court erred in granting summary judgment to defendant in legal malpractice action where there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether counsel negligently handled discovery and failed to pursue a summary judgment motion to end the litigation against plaintiff.
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Insurance | Legal Services
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Griffiths
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. Ippoliti, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Sally J. Daugherty, Salmon, Ricchezza, Singer & Turchi, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: D75841
Trial court erred in dismissing legal malpractice complaint on a superseding cause defense where it failed to address plaintiff's contention that defendant's negligent representation resulted in the parties failing to prevail on all claims in the underlying action, which would have negated the superseding event.
Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. White, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Kathleen M. Vavala, Deputy Disciplinary Counsel, Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
for defendant: Richard L. Abbott, Hockessin, DE, respondent pro se.
Case Number: 112512-B
Court ordered attorney's disbarment for intentionally advising client on strategy that abused the legal process so that the client could avoid compliance with his settlement obligations and the trial court's orders.
Publication Date: 2023-02-07
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. White, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Kathleen V. Vavala, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
for defendant: John S. Malik, Wilmington, DE for respondent.
Case Number: 111, 2022
Where there was sufficient evidence to conclude that an attorney knowingly made misrepresentations to the court, the court adopted the presumptive sanction of suspension.
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Publication Date: 2022-11-29
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melissa Freeman, D. Robert Freeman, appellants pro se.
for defendant: Jeffrey M. Weiner, The Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Weiner, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellees.
Case Number: N21C-09-081 EMD
Contract and indemnification claims against real estate attorney failed where there was no evidence indicating the existence of a contractual or attorney-client relationship between the attorney and sellers, as the attorney expressly advised sellers that she was representing the buyers.
Publication Date: 2021-09-01
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services | Real Estate
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick K. Gibson, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Carol A. Vanderwoude, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Art C. Aranilla, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: D69520
Former clients sufficiently pled legal malpractice cause of action by alleging that legal counsel negligently advised clients to pursue litigation strategy that had no merit, resulting in clients incurring unnecessary litigation expense.
Publication Date: 2020-03-04
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Legal Services | Software
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher H. Lee and Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Timothy S. Perkins, Underwood Perkins, P.C., Dallas, TX; Jeremy C. Martin, Martin Appeals, PLLC, Dallas, TX for plaintiff.
for defendant: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Carl N. Kunz, III and Kathleen A. Murphy, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; George M Kryder and Melissa L. James, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
Case Number: D68897
The statute of limitations in this legal malpractice claim began to run at the time the injury occurred, not when the damages were certain.
Publication Date: 2020-01-15
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Clark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick K. Gibson, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Colleen D. Shields, Gary W. Lipkin and Alexandra D. Rogin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE for de-fendant.
Case Number: D68843
In this legal malpractice matter involving an attorney's alleged failure to include a waiver provision in a premarital agreement, plaintiff failed to prove that his former wife would have accepted the term.
Publication Date: 2019-03-06
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice | Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services | Software
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Johnston
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher H. Lee and Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A.; Timothy S. Perkins, Underwood Perkins, P.C. for plaintiff.
for defendant: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Carl N. Kunz, III, and Kathleen A. Murphy, Morris James LLP; George M. Kryder and Melissa L. James, Vinson & Elkins LLP for defendants.
Case Number: D68450
Legal malpractice action accrued once counsel advised plaintiff client of potential issues with counsel's advice regarding a cash-out merger, which could have resulted financial losses for plaintiffs.
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