Legal Opinion
Rocha v. Rudd
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 2016No. 15-1538PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Defendants, a group of law firms and several of their attorneys, had previously represented Plaintiff Carlos Rocha and other FedEx delivery drivers in an employment miselassifieation case against FedEx. The employment miselassifieation case ultimately settled, but Rocha was excluded from the settlement. Just before the settlement was finalized, Rocha retained Johnson, his current spouse, and discharged Defendants as his counsel. Rocha later sued Defendants in federal district court, alleging several theories of harm, including legal malpractice and fraud, in association…
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