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$250,000 Default Judgment in Federal Court Legal Malpractice Case

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2009

Filed under: Attorney Misconduct, Malpractice (Attorneys), Civil Procedure, Damages, Default Judgments, Diversity Jurisdiction. Location: New York.

On July 22, 2008, a New York federal court entered judgment and an award of $250,000 to the estate and survivors of a man who had allegedly been abused during 25 days of drug rehab. The award was against a lawyer whose legal malpractice caused the man to lose a …

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