A Denver law firm and one of its lawyers must confront claims they committed legal malpractice while representing a former client in an employment case, a federal judge ruled.
Brianna Leigh Bell sufficiently alleged that Dill Dill Carr Stonbraker & Hutchings PC, which had previously represented her, and its lawyer Patrick D. Tooley owed her a “duty of care” while she was a client, said Judge Philip A. Brimmer of the US District Court for the District of Colorado. The judge rejected the defendants’ motion to dismiss Bell’s lawsuit that alleges failure to conduct necessary discovery and other errors cost ...
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