Judge Dismisses Insurer’s Malpractice Suit Against Law Firm Representing Insured

Mealey's (December 11, 2019, 10:15 AM EST) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey on Dec. 6 dismissed an insurer’s legal malpractice suit asserting that a law firm failed to competently represent its board of education insured in an underlying personal injury lawsuit that settled for $1 million, finding that the complaint is devoid of facts supporting the insurer’s argument that the firm’s failure to pursue its preferred course of action amounted to legal malpractice (Star Insurance Company v. Irvington Board of Education, et al., No. 19-8677, D. N.J., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 211259)....