La. Firm Escapes Malpractice Suit Over $8.25M Settlement

By John Petrick (May 31, 2018, 7:21 PM EDT) -- A Louisiana appeals court has tossed a legal malpractice suit accusing a law firm of mishandling an $8.25 million settlement involving a child's heart surgery, rejecting the mother's allegation that the lawyers were negligent in failing to obtain the child's informed consent to the settlement offer....

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