11/21/2006
Ohio Appellate Court Rejects Collectability in Underlying Case as Limit on Recovery in Legal Malpractice Action
Paterek v. Peterson & Ibold, 2006 WL 2337483 (Ohio App. 11 Dist. 2006)
Brief Summary
In this 2-1 appellate court decision, the majority held that the trial court had improperly reduced a legal malpractice verdict resulting from a blown statute of limitations on the ground that the amount of the legal malpractice verdict exceeded what would have been collectible from the underlying tort defendant and his insurer.
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