D’oh! This is every litigation associate’s worst nightmare come true:
A state Supreme Court jury in Manhattan returned a legal malpractice verdict last Thursday against LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae in favor of its former client, Sheraton Corp., which claims the award could total as much as $21 million.
While Sheraton brought a broad-based complaint asserting mishandling of the underlying case by a senior associate at LeBoeuf who was lead counsel, the trial judge, Justice Ira Gammerman, issued a directed verdict, limiting the case to a single issue, according to a statement issued by LeBoeuf. That issue related to the way the firm defended against a claim for $17 million in punitive damages.
But on that issue � relating to the way the firm defended against a claim for punitive damages � the jury agreed with Sheraton and ruled that the hotel chain could recover the punitive component of the award.
Read the rest here from New York Lawyer.
A state Supreme Court jury in Manhattan returned a legal malpractice verdict last Thursday against LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae in favor of its former client, Sheraton Corp., which claims the award could total as much as $21 million.
While Sheraton brought a broad-based complaint asserting mishandling of the underlying case by a senior associate at LeBoeuf who was lead counsel, the trial judge, Justice Ira Gammerman, issued a directed verdict, limiting the case to a single issue, according to a statement issued by LeBoeuf. That issue related to the way the firm defended against a claim for $17 million in punitive damages.
But on that issue � relating to the way the firm defended against a claim for punitive damages � the jury agreed with Sheraton and ruled that the hotel chain could recover the punitive component of the award.
Read the rest here from New York Lawyer.
D’oh! This is every litigation associate’s worst nightmare come true:
A state Supreme Court jury in Manhattan returned a legal malpractice verdict last Thursday against LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae in favor of its former client, Sheraton Corp., which claims the award could total as much as $21 million.
While Sheraton brought a broad-based complaint asserting mishandling of the underlying case by a senior associate at LeBoeuf who was lead counsel, the trial judge, Justice Ira Gammerman, issued a directed verdict, limiting the case to a single issue, according to a statement issued by LeBoeuf. That issue related to the way the firm defended against a claim for $17 million in punitive damages.
But on that issue � relating to the way the firm defended against a claim for punitive damages � the jury agreed with Sheraton and ruled that the hotel chain could recover the punitive component of the award.
Read the rest here from New York Lawyer.
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