Legal Opinion
Jim MATTSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas O. SCHULTZ, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 27, 1998No. 97-3440PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial following a jury verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff sued his former lawyer for malpractice in pursuing the plaintiffs age discrimination complaint. This is a diversity case applying Wisconsin law.
After the plaintiff lost his job in 1989, he retained the defendant to represent him in an age discrimination case against his former employer, Green Bay Broadcasting Company. An age discrimination complaint was filed in federal court in 1990 and the matter was settled in March 1994 for $250,000. The…
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