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CT: Expert testimony usually required in malpractice cases

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Statute of limitations for a sentencing error of a criminal defense lawyer runs from the sentencing, and here was time barred. Moreover, expert testimony is normally required in criminal defense malpractice. Pagan v. Gonzalez, AC 28841 (Conn. March 17, 2009): The exception to the need for expert testimony is limited to situations in which the defendant attorney essentially has done nothing whatsoever to represent his or her client’s interests, resulting in such "an obvious and gross want of care and skill that the neglect would be clear even to a layperson." Paul v. Gordon, supra, 58 Conn. App. 728.

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on March 13, 2009 (boomark / email).