A Butler County law firm has been harshly criticized by the state Superior Court for filing a declaratory judgment action against a former client, because the court said it was nothing more than a “ploy” to have the former client’s legal malpractice action tried in the firm’s home county.
The former client alleged the firm had filed its action in Butler County to “avoid defending a malpractice case in a jurisdiction where they did not have the advantage of familiarity with the local judiciary,” the opinion said.
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