Bloomberg Law
December 30, 2015, 2:14 PM UTC

4 Big Malpractice Cases in 2015: From Weird to Wildly Costly

In 2015, a litany of law firms were sued for malpractice as accusations of missed deadlines and outright ethical and legal breaches flew.

Breathe a sigh of relief (if you are not among those sued) as you read about a few of the most notorious legal malpractice cases of 2015:

• Andrews Kurth, of Houston, was walloped on Nov. 11 when a jury awarded a former client, Scott Martin, $200 million. Martin was awarded $167 million in damages and more than $30 million in attorney fees. On Dec. 14, Judge Wesley Ward, in Houston, ordered the two parties into mediation, expected to ...

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