Shinnick v. Rodibaugh

Although the appeal in this action arose from a 2005 jury verdict against the defendant attorney and defendant law firm, its roots lie in a 1994 motor vehicle accident in which the plaintiff, Mark Shinnick (“Shinnick”), was injured. The defendants, the Law Firm of Dane M. Shulman (“Shulman”) and Attorney David C. Rodibaugh (“Rodibaugh”) of that firm, claim that the malpractice verdict against them was flawed because Shinnick proffered insufficient evidence at trial to prove that a later-diagnosed ruptured disc resulted from his accident. Shinnick argues in his cross appeal to this Division…