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: New York Attorney Malpractice BlogWhat Are the Most Common Mistakes in Legal Malpractice ?
By (Andrew Lavoott Bluestone)
Wisconsin legal malpractice insurers have published a breakdown of legal malpractice claims. Here, reported by Bonnie Shucha in the University of Wisconsin blog, are the most commonly sued for mistakes:
Calendaring - 23%
Failure to know or properly apply law - 14%
Planning error in choice of procedures - 13%
Inadequate discovery & investigation - 12%
Failure to obtain consent/inform client - 6%
Why calendaring? It is the easiest to see. Calendaring mistakes lead to dismissals for failure to appear, which is sublimely easy to comprehend and explain to a judge/jury.
Full post as published by New York Attorney Malpractice Blog on August 20, 2009 (boomark / email).
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