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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Hagedorn finds the the court of appeals rightfully upheld the circuit court's findings in favor of the corporate law firm in a legal malpractice suit from a venture capital firm and shareholders in a media company over millions of dollars in penalties and taxes they faced from the IRS after they cut a deal to sell the company's stock and assets to buyers through a middleman company, which they did because selling directly to buyers would expose them to taxes they wanted to avoid. The circuit court did not err by admitting evidence that the shareholders settled claims against two other law firms because the facts of the case fit an exception in Wisconsin law barring admission of settlement evidence and, although the circuit court incorrectly permitted the law firm's attorney to reference the settlement in his closing argument to show liability, it did not abuse its discretion by denying the shareholders' motion for a new trial. Affirmed.