Legal Opinion
Hiligh v. Sands
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 10, 2019No. Case No. 18-cv-2043 (CRC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
In January 1997, Wilbur Hiligh was seriously injured while working at a Federal *71Express facility in Washington, D.C. He retained a law firm, Duncan and Hopkins, P.C., to represent him in seeking remedy. In 2000, the firm filed a civil suit on his behalf but dismissed it after realizing it had sued the wrong defendants. Nearly two decades later, Hiligh has sued the firm and several of its attorneys, alleging malpractice. One Defendant, William S. Sands, Jr., moves for summary judgment, contending he was not Hiligh's lawyer at the time and thus…
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