Legal Opinion
Marboah v. Ackerman
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 2005No. 03-CV-1378, 03-CV-1413, and 03-CV-1414PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
This legal malpractice case is based on a claim by plaintiff John Brobbey Marboah that defendants Alan J. Ackerman, Esq., and Ackerman’s now-dissolved law firm, Stien, Braunstein & Associates, P.C. (SBA), negligently permitted the statute of limitations to expire without filing a workers’ compensation claim on Marboah’s behalf with the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission. Marboah appeals from an order of the trial court awarding summary judgment in favor of the defendants. Because Marboah was an illegal alien — a fact that he fraudulently concealed from his…
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- Duffy v. HartsockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
- Mettes v. QuinnAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
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