Legal Opinion
Moss v. Burton & Norris (In Re Moss)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 2, 2001No. 01-6016 WMPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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SCOTT, Bankruptcy Judge.
In 1989, the debtor sued her employer for sexual harassment, hiring as her attorneys two law firms, Burton & Norris and Gronemeir & Barker. Several years into the litigation, the debtor fired these firms and hired another attorney. The lawsuit went to trial in Arizona, but while the jury was deliberating, the parties settled the case, with the debtor receiving three million dollars. The debtor’s trial attorney received forty-five percent of that settlement, leaving the debtor with $1,650,000. Thereafter she sued her original attorneys for legal malpractice in the…
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