Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined a case in which a wrongful death action was brought against J.P. Morgan and related entities after the death of a former broker. Following the ...

Recent appellate division decisions have made it abundantly clear that the medical malpractice doctrine of lost chance of a better outcome is an accepted basis for recovery of substantial damages. In ...

Ethan Leib, Professor at Fordham Law School, argues that that New York courts mistakenly apply the tort concept of “proximate cause” to contract law and calls upon the New York Court of Appeals to ...

The Texas Court of Appeals held that when a plaintiff's claim against her former attorney properly is grounded in professional negligence, the plaintiff cannot also bring a breach of fiduciary duty ...

The initial step to a solution is correctly identifying the problem. If the true nature of a problem isn’t determined, any implemented solution will be ineffective. So obvious, it can precipitate a ...

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