My Attorney Gave Bad Trust/Estate Advice and Affected My Beneficiary Rights
Estate beneficiaries rely on attorneys to give them legally accurate and prudent advice for how to handle trusts and estates. Not only are their rights and interests at stake, but so are the wishes of the decedent as expressed through his or her estate plan. If you are a beneficiary whose...
Did You Get Fired and Not Get Your Paycheck?
Losing one’s job is bad news in any economy, but some employers make it unnecessarily difficult for their former employees to collect their final paychecks. This causes additional financial stress on individuals who need to suddenly secure new employment and who need the money to make ends meet until they do. Fortunately,...
Workplace Injury and OSHA: You May Have a Claim Against Someone Besides Your Employer
When someone gets injured on the job, one of the first things that may come to mind is pursuing a workers’ compensation claim. While filing one of these claims is essential to receiving the medical treatment and lost wages you need to recover, it is not necessarily the only option you have...
What is the Statute of Limitations in a Legal Malpractice Case?
If your lawyer has been negligent in your representation and this negligence, or malpractice, has caused you damages or the inability to recover compensation which you were otherwise entitled to, you have the right to pursue compensation for your losses by filing a legal malpractice lawsuit. However, there is not an unlimited...
What is Legal Malpractice in Business Transactions?
Legal malpractice can happen in any area of law, including business transactions. Victims of malpractice could face substantial losses in the form of reduced profits, lost business opportunities, and reputational harm. For this reason, parties to a business deal whose attorneys did a poor job of representing them have the right...
Top Question to Ask Your Potential Attorney
When interviewing an attorney to represent you, whether it be for a personal injury case, trucking accident, high stakes business litigation, malpractice claim, probate matter or absolutely any type of case, one of the first questions you should ask them is whether they have malpractice insurance that would cover your matter. While...
Will My Lawyer’s Insurance Cover My Legal Malpractice Claim?
When attorneys commit malpractice, aggrieved clients have the right to file a malpractice lawsuit. These cases work in much the same way that personal injury lawsuits (e.g. car accident cases) do. Typically, the liable party has insurance which steps in to pay for the victim’s damages. Although Connecticut does not require...
More on Artificial Intelligence: Potential Impact on Legal Malpractice
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the capacity to revolutionize every industry, including the legal profession. But with this potential comes a significant risk of legal malpractice. Attorneys and paralegals who use AI must do so with diligence while being mindful of their fiduciary duties. Those who don’t could be liable for committing...
I Think My Lawyer Engaged in Fraud. Did They Commit Legal Malpractice?
Attorneys must abide by the ethical standards of conduct that govern their profession. One of the worst ways that attorneys violate these standards is by engaging in fraud. If you believe that your lawyer committed fraud, you will likely have concerns about how this behavior has impacted your case and your...
Navigating Personal Injury Contingency Fee Agreements
Personal injury lawyers usually accept cases on a contingency fee basis. This means that the client doesn’t have to pay the attorney’s legal fees up front; rather, the attorney is compensated from the jury award or a settlement later in the case. In Connecticut, the contingency fee allowable in a personal...