111 F. Supp. 2d 18 - MacKtal v. Garde’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
May 2017
most recently cited
14 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 5851
Relies on McCord v. Bailey · O'NEIL v. Bergan · Niosi v. Aiello · Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram, P.C. v. Hazard · Macktal v. Secretary of Labor
Most-quoted passages
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“The rule to be applied in a case where an attorney is accused of negligence in the conduct of litigation is that such attorney is not liable for negligence if, notwithstanding the negligence, the client had no cause of action or meritorious defense as the case may be; or that if conduct of an attorney with respect to litigation results in no damage to his client the attorney is not liable. Unless a party has a good cause of action against the party proposed to be sued, the first party loses nothing by the conduct of his attorney even though the latter were guilty of gross negligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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