U.S. High Court Refuses To Review Dismissal Of Insurer’s Claims Against Law Firm

( May 27, 2025, 1:35 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on May 27 denied a professional liability insurer’s petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of a Montana Supreme Court’s ruling that affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of its third-party complaint alleging legal malpractice against a now bankrupt law firm and two attorneys who represented its insured in an underlying class action, leaving undisturbed the Montana Supreme Court’s holding that the insurer failed to establish the existence of personal jurisdiction over the attorneys and firm....