A federal judge acted within his authority when he denied all fees to a lawyer who won a $2.4 million medical malpractice case but who failed to investigate the future needs of a child disabled at birth and overcharged his client, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the discretion of Eastern District Judge Edward Korman to refuse Steven F. Goldman’s application for $388,000 in fees.
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