Legal Opinion
Williams v. Patterson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 22, 1996No. 95-CV-301PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
In this suit for legal malpractice, a jury awarded Patterson $40,000 after finding that Williams, an attorney she had retained, negligently failed to take action within the three-year statute of limitations to preserve claims by Patterson arising from a 1985 automobile accident in which her car was struck in the rear by another vehicle. The jury found that the owner of the vehicle causing the accident was uninsured, thus enabling Patterson to sue for personal injury under the District of Columbia No-Fault statute in effect at the time of the accident, D.C.Code §…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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