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WC Attorney Liable for $359M+ in Legal Malpractice Claim

16 November, 2009 01:00:00 Republished with permission from Jon L. Gelman
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A NJ workers' compensation attorney who failed to pursue a medical malpractice claim and allowed it to be dismissed was held liable for legal malpractice. The client was injured when a physician punctured the workers' kidney while administering an epidural injection.


To complicate the claim further, the attorney also failed to report the legal malpractice claim to his insurance carrier on a timely basis. In a separate action the legal malpractice insurance carrier was held not liable for the attorney's malpractice.


The workers' compensation claim was settled for $30,000. The liability claim resulted in a judgment, which was entered following a proof hearing, included an award of damages in the amount of $275,000, plus prejudgment interest of $31,453.20, and counsel fees and costs totaling $52,582.17.


Braime v Popovich DOCKET NO. A-3077-07T23077-07T2 NJ App Div Decided 11.6.09 unpublished.


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