Two Ohio attorneys and their law firm don’t have to face legal malpractice claims stemming from allegations that they failed to inform their client about a $6,000 settlement offer in a proposed class action against debt collectors, a state appeals court ruled.
Christina Fabec hired Michael Fine and Ronald Frederick to represent her in a case against Capital Management Holdings LLC and Debt Management Partners LLC in connection with the company’s efforts to collect on Fabec’s short-term payday lender loan. The defendants offered $6,000 to settle the case, but Fine and Frederick rejected it without informing Fabec.
Fabec later settled ...
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