Posts tagged legal

• Negligence of an Independent Contractor

  Geoff Trachtenberg | March 21, 2007 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Most attorneys hire outside companies to handle filing and serving lawsuits. What happens when these process servers mess up and, as a result, you cannot pursue your lawsuit?We have a case like that right now. About one week before the statute of limitations ran, our client's former attorney prepared a lawsuit and sent it to be filed with the Court. Although the attorney's staff followed up...

• UL Graduate Amends Lawsuit to Include Legal Malpractice

  Christina Cole | March 17, 2007 12:15 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A University of Louisiana-Lafayette graduate who sued her political science professor for sexual harassment last year has added UL's interim athletic director to the suit.In an amendment to the original lawsuit, she is now accusing Walker, an attorney, of legal malpractice. The suit states she met with university officials and Walker in a meeting the last week in September to discuss her...