Add to ORKGIt becomes apparent from an analysis of cases and law that many jurisdictions, when using the term malpractice, limit the term strictly to physicians and surgeons. It is not so much the fact that legal malpractice is excluded from the term malpractice but rather that it is never even mentioned. Since legal malpractice appears to be a matter of state definition it would seem that perhaps the best approach to understanding legal malpractice would be to examine (as typical) the statutes of three of our leading states, to see what is the present status of their laws on the subject
Assume that you are an attorney seeking to determine the statute of limitations applicable in Minnes...
In Gaines v. Preterm Cleveland, Inc. the Ohio Supreme Court reversed prior law in two significant ar...
As with all laws, statutes of limitations must apply equally to all persons unless reasonable ground...
It becomes apparent from an analysis of cases and law that many jurisdictions, when using the term m...
A number of general legal problems have arisen out of malpractice actions and applicable statutes of...
In almost all jurisdictions the statute of limitations for the malpractice of an attorney is between...
The ill-treated patient has sought redress for medical malpractice by actions that sound in tort, in...
Surprisingly little has been written on the law of legal malpractice. Even more disturbing is the fa...
Many questions are left unanswered by the adoption of the discovery rule in Nebraska, but it is clea...
Generally, statutes of limitations run from the date of the alleged wrongful act. Because the avera...
The legal profession is largely self-regulated, and each state has a bar association charged with cr...
Flanagan v. Mt. Eden Gen. Hosp., 24 N.Y.2d 427, 248 N.E.2d 871, 301 N.Y.S.2d 23 (1969)
This article will discuss the fundamentals of a legal malpractice case, specifically addressing two ...
Traditionally, the period within which medical malpractice actions had to be commenced was computed ...
IN OLIVER V. KAISER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION the Ohio Supreme Court adopted the discovery standar...
Assume that you are an attorney seeking to determine the statute of limitations applicable in Minnes...
In Gaines v. Preterm Cleveland, Inc. the Ohio Supreme Court reversed prior law in two significant ar...
As with all laws, statutes of limitations must apply equally to all persons unless reasonable ground...
It becomes apparent from an analysis of cases and law that many jurisdictions, when using the term m...
A number of general legal problems have arisen out of malpractice actions and applicable statutes of...
In almost all jurisdictions the statute of limitations for the malpractice of an attorney is between...
The ill-treated patient has sought redress for medical malpractice by actions that sound in tort, in...
Surprisingly little has been written on the law of legal malpractice. Even more disturbing is the fa...
Many questions are left unanswered by the adoption of the discovery rule in Nebraska, but it is clea...
Generally, statutes of limitations run from the date of the alleged wrongful act. Because the avera...
The legal profession is largely self-regulated, and each state has a bar association charged with cr...
Flanagan v. Mt. Eden Gen. Hosp., 24 N.Y.2d 427, 248 N.E.2d 871, 301 N.Y.S.2d 23 (1969)
This article will discuss the fundamentals of a legal malpractice case, specifically addressing two ...
Traditionally, the period within which medical malpractice actions had to be commenced was computed ...
IN OLIVER V. KAISER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION the Ohio Supreme Court adopted the discovery standar...
Assume that you are an attorney seeking to determine the statute of limitations applicable in Minnes...
In Gaines v. Preterm Cleveland, Inc. the Ohio Supreme Court reversed prior law in two significant ar...
As with all laws, statutes of limitations must apply equally to all persons unless reasonable ground...