Posts tagged legal malpractice

• Legal Malpractice Verdict Against Law Firm

  Jason Reese | November 03, 2006 9:19 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An Indianapolis jury awarded $18 million against a local law firm for commiting legal malpractice. Fillenwarth Dennerline was on the hook because everyone else involved in the collapse of the Indiana Construction Insurance Trust already had settled with the Indiana Department of Insurance.When the state liquidated the trust, it collected $7 million to pay back the medical claims of 8,200...

• Firms Cleared in Legal Malpractice Suit

  Steve Wagner | October 26, 2006 10:05 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Two firms that sued a funding group for selling fraudulent securities were found not liable for failing to sue the accounting firm Arthur Andersen as well. The firms found themselves facing a legal malpractice suit nearly four years after the funding group's insurance company settled for $125 million.A federal appeals court ruled the firms had sufficient reason for not suing Arthur Andersen in...