Legal Opinion
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 12, 2006No. CIV.A.01-10327-RBCPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM RE: PROOF OF CAUSATION AND DAMAGES IN LEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM
COLLINGS, United States Magistrate Judge.
During the course of the final pretrial conference in this legal malpractice case, an issue arose with respect to which party bore the burden of proof of causation and damages in connection with the legal malpractice claims against Attorney Sweeney. Specifically, the plaintiff, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (“St.Paul”), takes the position that the burden-shifting articulated in Glidden v. Terranova, 12 Mass.App.Ct. 597, 600, 427 N.E.2d 1169, 1171 (1981) applies. The…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Glidden v. TerranovaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Jernigan v. GiardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Deerfield Plastics Co. v. Hartford Insurance Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2005
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