Legal Opinion
Guido v. Duane Morris LLP.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 8, 2010No. A-31 September Term 2009PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rivera-Soto
In this appeal, we revisit the effect, if any, the settlement of an underlying lawsuit has on a subsequent legal malpractice action arising out of that settled lawsuit. In Puder v. Buechel, 183 N.J. 428, 874 A.2d 534 (2005), we determined that a client’s unconditional declaration of satisfaction with the fairness and terms of a settlement of a lawsuit precludes a later legal malpractice action based on that settlement. Unlike Puder and its predecessor Ziegelheim v. Apollo, 128 N.J. 250, 607 A.2d 1298 (1992), the client in this case did not seek to vacate or otherwise repudiate the settlement…
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