Legal Opinion
General Security Insurance v. Jordan, Coyne & Savits, LLP
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 23, 2005No. 1:04CV1436PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
This diversity legal malpractice action is brought by an insurer against a law firm retained to defend an insured in a personal injury lawsuit arising out of an automobile accident. The insurer’s claims are brought through the insurer’s attorney-in-fact, a former corporate affiliate that assumed the insurer’s liability for the underlying personal injury claim. The following potentially dispositive threshold issues are presented:(i) Does Virginia law permit an insurer to sue a law firm for legal malpractice where, as here, the insurer selected, retained,…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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