Legal Opinion
Flax v. Schertler
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 15, 2007No. 06-CV-37PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Associate Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Jill Flax, personal representative of the estate of her late husband Howard Flax (“the Estate”), sued defendants-appellees David Schertler, Bar ry Coburn, Lisa Fishberg, and Coburn & Schertler LLP (“the Lawyers”), alleging that they breached the applicable standard of care in handling a lawsuit brought against Mr. Flax and others by one Benson Fischer (“the Fischer litigation” or the “underlying litigation”). The Lawyers had defended Mr. Flax in the Fischer litigation and also pursued certain counterclaims on his behalf against Fischer, Fischer…
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