Legal Opinion
Battle v. Thornton
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 11, 1994No. 92-CV-752PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PERREN, Associate Judge:
McKinley Battle and his non-emergency ambulance company, Battle’s Transportation, Inc. (plaintiff-appellants), sued, respectively, their former attorneys, William Thornton and Vernon Williams, (defendant-appellees), alleging malpractice in defending appellants against criminal charges of Medicaid fraud. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Thornton and Williams. Battle and his company filed a timely appeal, advancing two principal contentions: (1) the trial court erred in ruling that the relevant standard of care for representing a criminal defendant charged with…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Sher v. De HavenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
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