Lawsuit of the Day: A Super-Sized Malpractice Suit
Some of you may recall William Smith, the bankruptcy partner at McDermott Will & Emery, who ticked off a judge by suggesting -- "with respect," mind you -- that she might be "a few French Fries short of a Happy Meal."
Well, Smith is in the news once again. From the National Law Journal:
The bankruptcy trustee of St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York has filed a $200 million legal malpractice suit against McDermott, Will & Emery and three of its lawyers, William P. Smith, Stephen B. Selbst and David D. Cleary, over advice given in the months before and after its 2005 bankruptcy."This case is about deceit, divided loyalties, gross violations of fiduciary duties and breaches of professional standards of care committed by attorneys who put their personal relationships and selfish economic concerns above the interests of the charitable institution they were entrusted to protect," the suit alleges.
Ouch. And would you like fries with that?
$200M malpractice suit filed against McDermott [National Law Journal]
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ROTFLMAO - I'm experiencing some schadenfreude!!! It couldn't have happened to a nicer firm.
Grimace says BOHICA!
New website layout = less comments
change to a font that's not so difficult to read!
Here, here 4:19.
Agreed 5:13, but comments are measured in number, not amount, so it would be "fewer' comments.
With respect, it was the judge's argument that he found a few french fries short, not the judge herself. But whose counting...
3:35 PM = Kiss-Ass = Higher Total Comp.
Sincerely,
Don Goldman
10:49 - who measures comments?
I love how everyone who files in the various Supreme Courts in NYC always seeks damages in increments of at least $10 million.
$200 million plus punitives of $600 million is laughable. Seriously, is this institution worth almost a billion dollars? I doubt it.
6:31 - Everyone.
Measure = the act or process of ascertaining the extent, dimensions, or quantity of something.
1:11: who spouts dictionary definitions in the comments of a blog?