Legal Malpractice Suit Can’t Go To Arbitration, 1st Circuit Says

Mealey's (February 19, 2019, 11:28 AM EST) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 11 affirmed that a plaintiff attorney is barred by the doctrine of collateral estoppel from relitigating his contention that two Kugel hernia mesh patch plaintiffs should be compelled to arbitrate their legal malpractice claim against him (Rickie Patton, et al. v. Barry Johnson, et al., No. 18-1750, 1st Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 4058)....

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