Legal Opinion
Attorneys Liability Protection Society, Inc. v. Whittington Law Associates
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided June 28, 2013No. Civil No. 11-cv-563-JLPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
JOSEPH N. LAPLANTE, District Judge.
This dispute over the scope of a professional liability insurance policy arises from a somewhat unusual set of facts, at least as far as professional liability insurance policies are concerned. Whittington Law Associates, PLLC and W.E. Whittington (collectively, the “Whittington defendants”) were evidently the victims of what has become known as a “Nigerian Check Scam.” In the typical embodiment of that confidence game, “the victim is asked to accept what appears to be a legitimate check on behalf of a foreign corporation, deposit the funds,…
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