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joeace

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What is the name of your state? :eek: California
If the Attorney has admitted that he is guilty of Malpractice and it is proven that you could have won a stumble/slip/trip & fall injury suit and he claims to be barely meeting his payroll requirements.
Damages using common formulas would have been in the area of 75k to 100,000.00 , he is not insured for Malpractice and has a history of suits against him is there much of a chance of being awarded anything and how do I find out which attorneys hacve already won suits against him?
 


I AM ALWAYS LIABLE

Senior Member
joeace said:
What is the name of your state? :eek: California
If the Attorney has admitted that he is guilty of Malpractice and it is proven that you could have won a stumble/slip/trip & fall injury suit and he claims to be barely meeting his payroll requirements.
Damages using common formulas would have been in the area of 75k to 100,000.00 , he is not insured for Malpractice and has a history of suits against him is there much of a chance of being awarded anything and how do I find out which attorneys hacve already won suits against him?

My response:

How do you know you'd even win your slip/trip/fall accident? All because you may have sustained damages, doesn't mean that the property owner is at fault. These types of cases are notoriously difficult, if not impossible, to win - - due to reasons not cogent to your post.

But, if you want to sue your attorney for malpractice, you need to also prove your underlying case; i.e., your slip, trip and fall claim. If you can't prove negligence in that, then you can't win your malpractice lawsuit against the attorney.

IAAL
 
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gotocourt

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You will also need to prove that any judgment that you obtained in the underlying action would have been collectible. I can thing of various scenarios in which even a person who owns real property would be for all practical purposes judgment proof.
 

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