A state appeals court on Monday affirmed a $32,632 sanction of a law firm that tried to schluff off part of the blame for botching a workers’ compensation case by filing a third-party malpractice claim against the firm that replaced it.
Under the circumstances, a successor firm owes no duty to its predecessor to correct the prior firm’s errors, the Appellate Division said in Arthur v. Klitzman & Gallagher, A-5222-07.
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