Collectability Pondered in Legal Malpractice Suits in Missouri

Missouri Lawyers Media › January 09, 2010

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A malpractice suit against a St. Louis solo attorney may be the first Missouri case to flesh out a key ele-ment of legal malpractice that the state's appellate courts haven't touched: collectability.

If insufficient insurance coverage hampered the underlying suit, which party must tackle the collectability issue in the subsequent malpractice suit?

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Collectability Pondered in Legal Malpractice Suits in Missouri

In the malpractice suit against attorney Daniel Finney Jr., St. Louis Circuit Judge David Mason ruled Finney's former cli-ents must prove that had he pursued their wrongful death case,...

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