10/23/2008
Client Can Sue for Legal Malpractice for Failure to Bring Claim for Libel Per Se
Joyce v. Thompson Wigdor & Gilly LLP, Slip Copy, 2008 WL 2329227 (S.D.N.Y. 2008)
Brief Summary
Even in the absence of a claim of casualty connected special damages, a law firm that failed to bring a defamation claim on behalf of a client can be sued for malpractice if the defamation claim was actionable as libel per se.
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