Sherman Industries, Inc. v. Goldhammer

MEMORANDUM

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

This is a legal malpractice case arising out of unsuccessful patent litigation which exposed plaintiff to liability in excess of one million dollars. Plaintiff, Sherman Industries, Inc. (“Sherman”), a manufacturer of carwash equipment, is suing its former lawyer, Joel S. Goldhammer, Esq., and the law firm Seidel, Gonda & Goldhammer, P.C. (jointly referred to herein as “Gold-hammer”). The essence of plaintiff’s case is that defendants undertook to investigate a potential patent infringement and to ad vise plaintiff how to minimize the risks involved in…