Legal Opinion
Ocean Ships, Inc. v. Thomas E. Stiles and Stiles & Wright, P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 24, 2002No. Docket 02-7936PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Thomas E. Stiles and the law firm of Stiles & Wright (collectively, “Stiles”) appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Casey, /.), granting summary judgment in favor of Ocean Ships, Inc. on its legal malpractice claim against Stiles. The district court held that Stiles’ failure timely to perfect a meritorious interlocutory appeal challenging personal jurisdiction over Ocean Ships in the underlying personal injury action was the proximate cause of Ocean Ships’ loss, and that the loss is measured…
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