Legal malpractice law
Subtitle: problems and prevention
By: by Susan Saab Fortney, Vincent R. Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, Vincent R.
Series: American casebook series
Publisher: Thomson/West
Published: 2008
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9780314170842; 9780314170835
Subjects: Lawyers -- Malpractice -- United States -- Cases.
Genres: Cases.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction to legal malpractice; value: Overview of the theories of liability; value: Negligence; value: Breach of fiduciary duty; value: Duties to nonclients; value: Remedies for legal malpractice; value: Defenses and obstacles to recovery; value: Vicarious liability; value: Important malpractice traps; value: Preventing legal malpractice; value: Legal malpractice insurance.