Legal Opinion
Margolin v. Kleban and Samor, PC
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 11, 2005No. SC 17388PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VERTEFEUILLE, J.
The defendants, the law firm of Kleban and Samor, P.C. (law firm), and Jonathan D. Elliot, an attorney with the law firm, 1 appeal 2 from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, awarding $1,040,183 in damages to the plaintiff, Robert J. Margolin. The defendants previously had represented the plaintiff in an action against a former business partner and four business entities (underlying action). In the present case, the plaintiff alleged legal malpractice because the defendants negligently had failed to obtain a prejudgment remedy in the underlying…
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