Screen LibraryLegal malpractice law：problems and prevention
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| Published: |
Thomson/West,
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| Publisher Address: | St. Paul, MN |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
American casebook series |
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| Carrier Form: | xxxvi, 434 p.: ; 26 cm. +teacher's manual. |
| ISBN: |
9780314170842 (alk. paper) 0314170847 9780314170835 (teacher's manual : alk. paper) 0314170839 (teacher's manual : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D971 |
| CLC: |
D971.26 D971.265 |
| Call Number: | D971.26/F743 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction to legal malpractice -- Overview of the theories of liability -- Negligence -- Breach of fiduciary duty -- Duties to nonclients -- Remedies for legal malpractice -- Defenses and obstacles to recovery -- Vicarious liability -- Important malpractice traps -- Preventing legal malpractice -- Legal malpractice insurance. |