Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Young
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 24, 2016No. 2015-CA-0798PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.
liThe plaintiff and appellant, Nathan Lewis, instituted a legal malpractice suit against the defendants and appellees, Timothy Young and Timothy J. Young, APLC, *533based on Mr. Young’s alleged failure to file a timely claim under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”). After learning through discovery that Mr. Lewis had engaged- another lawyer to file his LHWCA claim and had accepted a settlement from his employer, the defendants moved for summary judgment on the basis that Mr. Lewis could not prove an essential element of his malpractice claim,…
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