Legal Opinion
Clauson v. New England Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 22, 2001No. 00-1543, 00-1568PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
On July 7, 1997, the Rhode Island Superior Court entered a judgment in favor of John Clauson, awarding him $97,716.50 in damages against his former attorney, Sanford Kirshenbaum, for professional malpractice in representing Clauson in his 1991 divorce. Though Kirshenbaum had a malpractice liability insurance policy with a $100,000 limit through New England Insurance Company (NEIC), NEIC paid Clauson only $29,000 on the judgment, the amount of a settlement offer from Clauson that Kirshenbaum had rejected against NEIC’s recommendations. In response, Clauson filed the…
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- Security Insurance Company of Hartford v. Schipporeit, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Mallane v. Holyoke Mutual Insurance Co. in SalemSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1995
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