Judge Allows Plaintiffs In Legal Malpractice Suit To Intervene In Insurer’s Action

Mealey's (January 22, 2019, 1:32 PM EST) -- FLORENCE, S.C. — Plaintiffs in a state court legal malpractice lawsuit against a lawyer and his firm can intervene in a suit brought by an insurance company seeking to rescind a professional liability policy issued to the firm over alleged misrepresentations on the policy application, a federal judge in South Carolina ruled Jan. 17, holding that the intervenors satisfied the four criteria of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2) (Maxum Indemnity Co. v. Biddle Law Firm P.A., et al., No. 18-cv-00742-RBH, D. S.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8219)....