9 results for 'cat:"Jurisdiction" AND cat:"Legal Malpractice"'.
J. DuBow finds that the lower court improperly sustained the preliminary objections filed by a lawyer in this legal malpractice suit alleging breach of contract filed by a past client, who filed pro se. The court cannot recharacterize the litigant’s contract claim as a tort claim and then dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the statute of limitations ran out. Reversed.
Court: Pennsylvania Superior Court, Judge: DuBow, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: J-A21027-23, Categories: jurisdiction, legal Malpractice, Contract
J. Johnson, in this interlocutory appeal, finds the trial court improperly denied the New York law firm's motion for special appearance. The father filed his legal malpractice suit against the firm for its representation in a suit regarding the wrongful death of his son from consuming a particular herbal extract, a circumstance for which the firm professed expertise. The father failed to negate the firm’s challenge to his jurisdictional allegations. Reversed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Johnson, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 09-23-00201-CV, Categories: jurisdiction, Wrongful Death, legal Malpractice
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J. Brownlee finds that the trial court improperly dismissed the client’s third-party and counterclaim complaint with prejudice in a legal malpractice complaint against the law firm. The court considered information beyond the four corners of the statement of claim. The court has no jurisdiction over the counterclaim because it is compulsory and not permissive the order is dismissed. Reversed in part. Dismissed.
Court: Florida Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Brownlee, Filed On: October 27, 2023, Case #: 6D23-489, Categories: jurisdiction, legal Malpractice
J. Casper allows the attorneys' motion to dismiss all claims brought against them by two Quincy residents suing them for alleged charges including, but not limited to, breach of contract, misrepresentation and legal malpractice. The residents fail to prove that the agent who assisted them in the purchase of a fraudulent beauty salon in Massachusetts did so under the authority of a law firm in New York, so their claims are dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Casper, Filed On: September 20, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv11417, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: jurisdiction, legal Malpractice