Legal Malpractice

A Long List of Issues Leads to Trial in NJ Legal Malpractice

By (Andrew Lavoott Bluestone)

Clients often come to speak with a legal malpractice attorney, and concentrate on the mistakes made by their attorney.  While there can be many mistakes, not all of them lead to a successful case.  Here is an example of many mistakes in a NJ case in which, at the end, there may be no provable damages. In VERDURE ASSET CORP., v. JONATHAN WHEELER, ESQ., THE LAW OFFICES OF JONATHAN WHEELER, P.C., Defendants, , the SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY ,
APPELLATE DIVISION  worked its way through a long list of mistakes, possible kickbacks, spoliation and other problems to come to this conclusion:

"Therefore, we are convinced that there is a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Verdure suffered any monetary loss due to the damage to the truck repair shop. That issue cannot be resolved as a matter of law. We reject defendants' contention that the order granting summary judgment should be affirmed on this alternative basis."

Full post as published by New York Attorney Malpractice Blog on March 26, 2008 (boomark / email).